Lilith pov

“What happened to the room…?”

Crash!

The sound of plates shattering against the floor echoed through the room, trembling gasps rippling through the air as another voice whispered under their breath.

“Lilith…”

I recognized it immediately—those voices.

Theila and Lora.

I whimpered, my eyes still shut, brows knitting together as the panicked voices reached my ears.

What was going on?

I wanted to know, to open my eyes but I couldn’t.

My breath came slow and shallow, my chest rising weakly. My entire body ached, so badly it felt as though I’d been run over again and again. When I tried to move, nothing happened. I was too...