Lilith's POV;

It wasn't the way he spoke to me that hurt me, it was the fact that he was right. I was, more or less, a living vegetable.

I wondered if Julia had seen that and smiled at herself. After all, she had said that I didn't deserve to be Queen. She wasn't lying. I didn't deserve to be a Queen.

Adams deserved much more. He deserved someone who could love him and take on the queen's duties as well as someone who could actually express their emotions. Not a half-dead queen like me.

I watched as bubbles formed in the water as a result of the pebble I...