Seventy-four

A feeling of annoyance overwhelmed me as I lay awake in bed, staring at the ceiling.

After everything we had been through, I thought she was going to be the last person to abandon me at my weakest. But she did, just like my parents.

What I felt for Lilith was nothing that I have ever felt before and now that she's gone, I felt darkness cloud my mind and my thirst for revenge becoming stronger.

Suddenly, my room door opened, and I gazed to the left, staring at Victor, walking into my room.

Then he hesitated for a moment as he stopped in his tracks before saying, "You allow her to leave?"

Frowning, I pushed the sheet off me and sat up in bed, resting my feet against the cold tiles.

“What was I supposed to do? Put a chain around her feet and allow her to not leave." I mumbled. "Lilith doesn't like to be caged. This is my way of setting her free."

There was a long silence in the room. Then Victor sighed and said, "Tony is here to see you."

"Tell him that I will be down with him i