Lilith's POVGetting out of the bathtub, I dried my body with the white towel which was hanging on a rod, behind the bathroom door.I wasn't looking forward to dinner, even though I would be closer to Adams. Sitting alongside his brothers was worse than a nightmare as I just couldn't stand them, especially when they fought or argued over anything.I walked towards the wardrobe to pick a dress when I remembered Clara. I hadn't seen her in weeks and it made me wonder where she was.Probably she was working in the kitchen full time, since Adams had been all nosy about my business, I decided to check up on her, on my way to dinner.I smiled at his jealousy, and the way he treated and pampered me like the queen I was. He also stopped me from training with Dale, promising to train me himself.After searching for minutes without seeing anything I liked, I closed the wardrobe with force and something, tied in a black nylon fell from the top.I was about to leave the room when I heard it sound
Lilith's POVNow it all made sense why the chief maid didn't want Sheila to talk. She was hiding a secret which was soon to be exposed. Adams held the spoon in his hand furiously as he stared at the maid before him. I was certain different angry thoughts were running through his mind, and it was only a matter of time before he made them known.“Bring the chief maid in,” he ordered. “She has some explanations to do.”Ronan stood up immediately and went outside. He came back after some minutes, empty-handed. “I couldn't find her, in the kitchen or anywhere.Adams stood up and banged his fist on the table. “Check the servants' quarters, check everywhere. There's no way she could have gone so far.”Ronan ran outside again, and I went to help Sheila to get up. “Are you hurt? Do you feel pain anywhere?” I asked her. Adams simply stared at me for sometime before settling back on his chair.I carried her up and helped her to sit on the closest chair to me. Her hands were bruised from fallin
Adams' POVHer voice, her scent, everything about her brought calm to my raging soul.“How did you know he would listen?” I whispered into her ears, sniffing the beautiful honey scent of her hair.“I didn't know he would,” she whispered back, her sweet voice touching the deepest part of my soul. “I just did it, praying and hoping he would stop.”For the first time, I was this close to her and Ted did not behave funny. He was calmer than the sea after a storm, hardly moving within.I detached myself from her embrace and looked at the mess we had created. The chairs were broken and scattered all over the room, the table was no better than them.Food was all over the wall, and some of the men were injured.I searched for Ronan and found him bent above Sheila, his right leg pierced with a piece of broken glass.He winced in pain as he removed the broken glass from his skin, limping towards the injured guards afterward.The room which looked beautiful earlier, now resembles a litter house,
Lilith's POVOf all the time the moon chose to come out in all its glory, it was tonight.I suddenly felt a burning desire to have Adams all to myself as Lexi danced crazily inside me, threatening to come out.“Stay still,” I scolded her inwardly, but she hissed, ignoring me.It wasn't her fault, I had starved her for too long. Clinging so tightly to Adams made things worse, but there was nothing I could do.He rode so fast, one would think he was being chased by a demon. It made me wonder if he did it on purpose so that I would hold onto him tightly, and not let go.“Are you alright? Am I riding too fast?” He asked, probably noting my discomfort.I wanted to say yes, to tell him he should slow down and go at a gentler pace. But the truth was, I didn't want to let go, gosh! Just what was he doing to me?“No… I'm fine,” I whispered, regretting it afterward.He nodded, and we rode on in silence, at the same speed for a while before slowing down. “So… where are we going to?” I asked aga
Adams' POVWe sat on the sand, listening to the wind that was whispering through the night. It had been over an hour since the goddess left, yet it felt like a dream.Lilith's head was on my shoulders and my hand was wrapped around her waist. Although we didn't speak, we cherished the silence, enjoying the feeling of each other's embrace.“We should get back home, it's getting really late,” I whispered in her ears as the wind blew her hair out of place, making it rest on her mouth.I picked up the loose hair, and tucked it behind her ears. She turned to face me, her lips pouted stubbornly. “Let's stay for a little while, we may never get this chance again.“We will always have this chance, my love,” I assured her.We sat in silence for a little while, enveloped in our thoughts before she broke the silence. “I'm a little bit scared, Adams.”“Scared?” I turned to face her. “Why?”She stretched her hand and touched my face, grazing it with her fingers. “I'm scared that we may not always
Lilith's POVLooking at the scene before me, my heart skipped a million times in a second. Only if one had a death wish would he confront Ted in this furious state he was, considering the terribly vicious things he had done in the past days.But this man… he seemed so confident in himself, like he could defeat Ted. The fact that his face was concealed added a layer of mystery to his personality.A terrible wind suddenly began to blow, and fog started to seep in. The eyes of the men and their leader remained as though what was happening was a normal thing.Soon, nothing was in sight as the fog had covered it all. The trees, the men, even Ted. All I saw was myself, in my own closed space.There was no stopping him now.“You have the ability to control him, remember?” Lexi reminded me with a question.“But how? I don't know what to do.” I was confused and tired of the whole thing, if only we could just disappear and find ourselves home.This wasn't like the other times when I just let i
Adams' POVSince I saw the note, I had not been myself. All I could think of was what Ben was planning again.Was he involved in tonight's attack? The leader of the attackers seemed to know me too well.Lilith had her bath and changed into a free, semi-transparent white nightgown, while I went in to take mine.I sank into the bathtub slowly as the cold water hit my skin, numbing my senses for a second. My eyes grew heavy as though stones were placed on them, causing me to shut them and dive into a replay of the day's memories.How long I was there I couldn't tell. My eyes shot open, however, when my memories got to the part where Lilith had been embarrassed to see me naked.I came out of the water immediately and wrapped a towel around my hips, as the water tickled down my body.When I came out of the bathroom, everywhere was dark except a small light from a corner of the room.I turned to face the light and I saw Lilith’s figure, sitting before the mirror, combing her hair, with her
Lilith’s POVThe night kept going on smoothly as there was a slow build up from cold to warm, and it was soon hot, until… Adams just stopped. “What’s the matter…?” I let out as I noticed that Adams had stopped for a couple of moments. I had shut my eyes for a couple of minutes, waiting for him to make me feel like I had made him feel a few moments ago.But there was nothing. I popped my eyes open to see him just planted on top of me. He had stopped like he had heard something which I hadn’t heard while being caught up in that wonderful moment when we had been unable to get enough of each other.“Adams…? What’s going on…?” I was starting to get scared that something worse than Ted acting up was about to happen. “You look quite―”“I have to go…” he said as he sprung up from me. “I just got a message from Ronan… he mind-linked with me to tell me that there are some strange men who claim they are here to see me…”“What…? Why now…?” I voiced out the questions that kept reechoing in my he