Lilith’s Pov

I sat there in Killian’s mother’s room, fingers tangled nervously in my lap, twisting and untwisting. The silence in the room was loud. Too loud. I wanted to get up, to leave, but a part of me was frozen. Waiting. Hoping. Dreading.

What if she comes back and tells me he said nothing? Or worse… what if he said exactly what I fear?

Just then, the door creaked open, and my heart jumped, only to settle awkwardly when I realized it wasn’t her.

It was Killian’s dad.

“Oh, my dear,” he said with a warm smile. “How are you?”

I stood up a little too fast. “I’m fine,...