Lilith's POV.

I kept rolling on the bed, unable to put my mind at ease.

The time was almost nine pm, and Adams was not yet back. What were they discussing that was taking them so long to conclude?

I rose up slowly from the bed, and sat up on it, contemplating if I should check up on him or not.

“He's not a kid, stop worrying already,” Lex scolded me. The treacherous animal was angry with me for reasons best known to her.

That was all she could do though, get angry. I was her master and she had to remain subject to me.

I stood up from the...