Lilith pov

Did I hear him right?

That was the question I asked myself the moment those words left his lips, his crazy grin still curling at the edges as he watched me with that glint in his eyes, one dangerously close to that of a predator eyeing its prey before the feast.

And maybe that was exactly what this was.

Maybe I was the feast before this man’s eyes, one he planned to savor, to take his time with.

Time seemed to slow around us.

The ticking of the clock echoed through the room, mixing with the sound of my uneven breaths. Each second dragged as I watched Daelan...