登入Lilith's POVThe party was in a fever pitch already.Every face came from some big family in the pack. Sons and daughters of Betas and Gammas. I knew almost all the faces, mostly because nobodies wouldn’t be invited.None but me.People stared when I walked in, and I kept my eyes at their chest level, pretending not to see their weird stares. At that moment, I began to understand why Orion wouldn’t want to be seen with me.No one would want to shower in such pure hostility. Not even for their mates.Just find Orion. Let him know that I came, and then maybe I could escape before anyone noticed. I mean, why would anyone notice a nobody like me, with no rank nor a powerful family behind me?“She really came!” A girl suddenly burst into laughter when I passed her, shouting with her finger pointed at me, “Hannah,
Lilith's POV“Please, my Lady, I really don’t want to go...”I tried to appeal the third time when the Lady was finishing tying the complicated strings of the fancy dress on my back.It was a short bubble skirt. The neckline plunged low, and there was hardly any fabric in the back — just a long strap crisscrossing into an intricate bow. The puffy shoulders dug into the arms, and the hem stopped right at mid‑thigh, chafing the skin uncomfortably.I didn’t like the style.I was never raised a princess, nor even a “proper lady”. I was raised wild, running in the woods with Orion and fighting the drunks in little pubs. I didn’t feel like I was left behind when Mama Beth took me home. I didn’t feel like I was left behind when she took Orion to the pack three years ago.But now I did.I felt
Lilith's POV“My Lady, you asked for me,” I bowed when I entered the guest room where the Lady was waiting for me. The other night with Orion helped a lot with addressing the Lady by the wrong name.That night was like a constant reminder that I wasn’t at home anymore.“Come on in,” The Lady smiled, her eyes not on me, but on the shelves of clothes in front of her. In her hands held a complicated-looking dress, “Jonathan just sent these over. I thought we could pick one for you, too. For the feast tomorrow.”Jonathan Hawthorne, Alpha of the pack.Nothing could make the Lady as happy like this as she talked about her beloved mate. It was hard for me to share her happiness because I hated the Alpha who tricked his mate into bed when he had already forfeited his fated mate by marrying another.Though he made the Lady suffer for years. Though he still wouldn’t give the Lady the title she was born to have. The Lady was still so happy at anything he would send over.Such was the power of th
Lilith's POVIt worked. Orion’s face visibly lit up at my question. He rolled his eyes with an indulging sigh: “I have never thought about breaking our bond. Lil, you are such a little troublemaker.”You wanted to keep our bond, while you marked another girl, and didn’t even give her any heavy words when she trapped me in a storm with the sole purpose of killing me. You wanted me to be the tamed mate waiting for you at home, and bear the burn when you fuck around while keeping my legs closed like a good doll.If I had any hope before this that my Orion might come back when the war over the throne was over, I realized now--The Orion now had no shred of love for me anymore. I was nothing but an object to him that he could use and keep around. He wouldn’t allow others to touch, not out of love, but out of possessiveness.And he was okay with harming me, with his own hands.Leaving became urgent.“I should have known, right?”When I told Leo, I managed to say it with self-mocking laughte
Lilith's POVI couldn’t talk with my neck gripped. He knew. He wasn’t looking for an answer. He was enjoying abusing power.This understanding turned my blood cold.“I...didn’t...” I had to comply, because the murderous look in his eyes looked too real, “You-ha-had my mark...”He would have felt it if I had. Just like I did when he marked Hannah.“I wouldn’t know if you had sex without marking each other,” Orion pushed my chin up with his thumb stuck under my jaw, so deep that I felt like his finger would poke a hole through my neck, “did you, or did you not, FUCK another man?”Tears brimmed my eyes due to lack of oxygen.Sex without marking is the biggest humiliation to another werewolf. Even just a temporary mark would be much better. He was asking if I made a whore out of myself and Leo, just to satisfy our sexual urge.The question was already humiliating, but his way of asking was worse.“No!” I managed a word out before my brain shut down by suffocation.The next second, Orion l
Lilith's POVLeo came home with me.I didn’t want to cross the Lady on such a minor issue; besides, I needed time to get a new place to live anyway. But I didn’t miss the shock and anger on Rosie’s face when she saw Leo either.Never before had I felt so clearly: this might be the Lady’s house, but it was no longer my home.The Lady took Leo to his room herself. Seeing Leo hesitating in front of the door to the clean, nice room, the Lady put a hand gently on his head and asked gently, “Would you be loyal to me?”Leo nodded, but only out of habit. To him, questions like this were usually formalities. Omegas don’t have a say in their fate.He turned his hesitating eyes to me.“I was hoping that he could take Rosie’s place,” I diverted the Lady’s question. There was no point for Leo to pledge his loyalty to anyone when we would leave the pack soon.The Lady sighed, a shade of anger passed her eyes. She closed her eyes to put it away before she told me with patience: “You are an unmated y
Lilith's POVLycoris was right. Leo wasn’t in any of the cabins.The scent of his blood led us into a shabby room with four sets of bunk beds on each side, leaving nearly no room for any activity besides sleeping. The room smelled of dirty clothes lying around, the air polluted by something rotten
Lilith’s POVI almost ran.I didn’t think a guard could check my lie so easily with a Beta, but if he was mind-linking Grant, then he would definitely arrest me-- I didn’t know all the pack laws, but “lying your way into the Alpha House” definitely violated some of them.But I couldn’t. I couldn’t
Lilith’s POVBeta Grant’s words puffed Hannah up like a blowfish. She stormed away, only to halt and wheel around, her tone stiff with restrained anger, “Orion, aren’t you coming?!”Orion hesitated, lifting his foot.Out of an evil urge, I just wanted to go against her at the moment: “Orion, you pr
Lilith’s POVLooking at his smily face, I wasn’t sure if I could trust him.I mean, yes, I was grateful that he saved me from the storm. Lycoris’s nose was never wrong so it had to be him. Also, he just stepped up for me. I ought to trust him.But I had never seen him before.Not the kind like, ano







