LILITH’S POV:I strip from my dress and undies with only the thread tied to my wrist and walk into the pool of water that is surprisingly warm and tingling against my skin.I close my nose and fully immerse myself into the water for a minute before standing out fully soaked and gasping for air at the adrenaline rush. Kain walks into the pond slowly, after the rest of his clothes have been carefully taken off and set aside.Even though I’ve seen it more than enough times, the sight of his wide and hard chest has me staring at him too long, unable to look away fast enough.My heart begins pounding harder than ever as he makes his way towards me. When he does, he stands, holding my gaze and towering over my smaller form.He reaches his hands over to my side, tracing them over the skin of my chin slowly before cupping it into his palm. I lean into his comforting touch, only because it feels like the most natural thing do while holding his eyes.“I don’t think we can just swim again.” I

KAIN’S POVI tap my finger against the hard mahogany wood of my desk incessantly, deep in thought and trying to figure out the current situation.I’m unable to fully focus on the logical side of things every time she comes into my line of vision. It’s as though my thoughts are jumbled by a senseless feeling of rage, yet I can’t do anything about it.The person in question walks sround my office, staring at every trinket and antique curiously, not holding back from touching everything and shifting them out of its place and more to my uneasiness.She herself is an anomaly standing in everything I’ve created and built for the past 13 years.“I see you’ve upgraded Father’s office with a few of your toys.” She speaks after minutes of silence, starting off without explaining why she’s here or what she needs yet.I groan at the thought of that man. An unreasonable amount of displeasure swells within me.“Don’t mention that man in front of me.” I say curtly.“Why? Still have a sore spot for o

LILITH’S POVEverything she mentioned in the first minutes of conversation is viable information, more important than the scraps I’ve been able to gather.But, there’s something about her sudden appearance and everything that’s going on that doesn’t sit right with me.“Lilith…” I introduce myself now. “Just Lilith.”“Yeah, I heard of you. The concubine he bought from an underground human auction house and brought back suddenly. You caused a stir the day you arrived.”My eyes widen at just how much she knows about me, down to a bit of the details. It doesn’t seem like she had figured it out on her own too. Someone must have told her.My eyes move briefly to the maids and guards, chattering freely behind her and a few of the pieces fit together.So, they’re already spilling information to the newcomer just because she’s friendly and appears chatty. I begin to see this woman in a new light.She’s the kind that knows how to squeeze out enough info from you during a conversation, I bet.

LILITH’S POV:Her eyes turn cold, staring at me with enough killing intent that a shark would give the first meal it sees after starving for a month.If looks could kill, I’d be six feet under in only seconds of her stare.Maybe if it had been someone else on the other end of her deadly gaze, they’d piss their pants and hide for a year, but she still doesn’t inspire a bit of fear within me.Maybe discomfort, but that's it.I gulp down the rest of my white wine, dropping the glass and turning away. Today has already started out good, no way am I going to let a spoiled psychotic princess ruin it for me.The moment I turn around to walk far away from her as possible, I bump into someone else, luckily without the wine in my handThat would have been a disaster.“Ouch.” She mutters, rubbing at her arm.“Ariel?” I recognize her voice and watch her familiar face contort slightly in pain.Her doe-eyes look up at me.“Hey.” She greets almost shyly. From the way she stands there, I already kno

Kain’s POVI’m already fed up with this godforsaken party by the time I’ve kept more than a reasonable distance away from the rest of those people.And that woman…I refuse to play along in whatever game she’s concocted this time, although it does bother me a bit knowing this time, she seems to have a little interest in Lilith.Something about that puts me on the edge, wanting to take her away from the scene entirely, but she’s such a stubborn woman and it would entirely have the opposite results I intend.So, instead, I sit by the fountain all by myself.It stays like this for minutes, still silence all around me until I hear footsteps slowly approach me.“Alpha Kain.”I look to the side and spot Ivan dressed in an all black suit and blazers with both hands in his pocket.He sits casually right next to me, letting out a tired sigh.“Shouldn’t you be watching my sister?” I ask with a raised brow.His secret job was to watch, figure out what her real motive is here besides gossiping wi