Chapter Four Hundred and Two

Lilith's POV

That was uncalled for Abyss, I needn’t have seen that…

Okay, okay… maybe I could have skipped the whole meeting but don’t you see. He wants you, Lil. Want you how he had them. Now think back, remember that day he came to Celeste’s home. The day he sent his gaurd, sent them for you, she says.

So I do, I sift through my own memories as she passes the reigns over.

And I find it very easy to push through the memories and wade in on one.

Honing in on that day I watch the past me.

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Our night is full of disturbed sleep, Lora waking every few hours with a soft cry to let us, mainly me, know she's ready for more food.

I hadn't thought much outside of the pregnancy but now I'm faced with a sleepless first night and breastfeeding my child.

She's beautiful, breathtakingly gorgeous and she's mine.

When I was a child, or even up until recently I never fathomed that I might become a mum.

It wasn't in my mindset. Finding Theo wasn't either.

I was sure that I would live a long and pain