Lilith pov

A woman.

A handsome woman.

For the first time in my life, I was left dazed by a woman’s beauty. My eyes were wide, my lips parted in shock, my heart pounding so hard that I wasn’t sure if it was because of Claude’s thick aura suffocating the whole room or because of the woman sitting on the railing, her eyes fixed on me, a glint that sent shivers down my spine.

She had short black hair that reached her chin, a face so striking that both men and women would take a second look if they passed by her. Crafted so perfectly that, if you didn’t stare...