Lilith’s Pov

The day bled into something warm and quiet.

Being in Nolan’s mansion… it felt like a different world. Safer. Quieter. Softer. Maybe that’s what scared me the most, how peaceful it all felt. Like the calm before a storm I knew I wasn’t ready for.

Earlier that day, I’d gone back to Killian’s mansion, only for a moment, just to grab my painting supplies. I didn’t stay long. I couldn’t. That place held too many memories I wasn’t ready to face. The silence inside those walls screamed louder than anything Nolan could ever say.

But with Nolan… we had fun. We talked about books, we joked, we went...