Chapter Four Hundred and Twenty One

Lilith's POV

The memory jumps from Theo’s to mine and I groan with the effort to see thing from both point of views but I soon realise that Theo’s memory was important, because it led us to that moment, the one where he seduced me. So I watch on from my own memory…

I bailed.

I thought I could do it, but the anxiety of shifting before everyone overtook me.

Yes they are my people and I felt nothing but love coming from them today but shifting for me is an emotional affair.

It leaves me feeling raw and unplugged. Open to the possibility of being vulnerable.

And I want, no need, not to be vulnerable in front of my people.

Perhaps I'm just tired, maybe I can blame it on that. I haven't been sleeping well, waking often without really falling into a deep sleep.

Not that I would change Little Lora for the world.

She somehow completes me. Fills a hole I fear Celeste and Theseus created long ago.

But they are trying to make amends for that, and I appreciate them doing it in an organic way with