Lilith pov

“Kiss me like you mean it, Lilith.”

I was stunned, caught completely off guard by his request.

He wanted me to kiss him?

After what I’d done back in the study, I had expected him to snap, to threaten me, or tell me I’d lost my chance at becoming beta for not playing fair. But instead…

My eyes stayed fixed on him, dazed, my body trembling as the single inch between us seemed to blur. I stared at Silas, at his flawless features, at those usually emotionless eyes that never revealed anything.

Only this time, something was different. There was an intensity in his gaze I couldn’t name,...