Lilith pov

By now, I thought nothing could take me by surprise anymore.

I mean, if you really thought about it, my life had always been a whirlwind of shocks and misfortunes so nothing should catch me off guard.

Well, that was what I had thought. But as I stood in the throne room, watching everything unfold with wide, trembling eyes, I realized I had been wrong.

Really wrong.

Because never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined seeing Dervic, that terrifying man who had nearly strangled me the first time we met, on his knees, obeying every command my wolf, Dravena, gave him, with that flicker of excitement...