Lilith’s Pov

I woke up to the sound of soft breathing beside me.

At first, I didn’t want to move. I wasn’t sure where I was, for a second. Then it all came rushing back—yesterday. The café. Killian. Nolan. The medicine.

And then… Nolan’s face.

He was right there beside me, sleeping. Peacefully. So still.

I turned slightly to my side, just enough to look at him without waking him. My mind was still circling around what I saw him doing the night before. That image of him with the syringe and my syrup it hadn’t left me. I kept hoping maybe it wasn’t real. Maybe I was just seeing...