"Don't do this..." Lilith pleaded. "I love you Mamu."

Deji pulled his sister close as Lilith spewed that blasphemy. His brows jerked high as he silently implored how the vampire countess could tell herself such a lie.

"And you love me too." Lilith insisted. “I know you do. Just hand over the girl. Give her to me Mamu. I will forgive you.”

“Shut it!” Deji slammed, pulling his sister even closer. "You do not get to tell me what to do anymore."

“When...” Lilith for the first time faltered. Her attention left Deji and lingered on Jason. She remembered those black smokes that shot out of his hands. It took...