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10: "You're going to be my downfall."

Author: Frevina
last update Last Updated: 2025-12-22 02:15:35

Lilith POV

I walked home in a daze, my lips still swollen from his kisses and my skin still humming with the memory of his hands exploring curves through fabric. Everything felt different somehow, the air clearer, the world sharper, like I'd been walking through fog for weeks and had finally stepped into sunlight even though night was falling around me.

Aunt Isabella was in the kitchen when I arrived, stirring something on the stove that smelled of garlic and herbs, her back stiff with disapproval that radiated through the small space. She didn't turn around when I walked in but I could feel her judgment pressing down on me like physical weight.

"You were at the church again," she said, not a question but an accusation.

"I went to mass."

"And after mass?" She finally turned to face me, her eyes sharp as they took in my flushed cheeks and disheveled hair. "You stayed late talking to Father Damien."

"He's easy to talk to." The lie tasted bitter on my tongue but I wasn't about to tell he
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