Chapter 20: The Guest

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 had thrown into the lake, settling on the bottom.

The lake was so clear and blue that it reminded me of his eyes. I could see all the pebbles I had thrown inside earlier. It was comforting and relaxing to do this and what was even more was that Julia wasn't with me. Perhaps she was and had stayed in one corner to watch me, thinking that I was going to do something.

She had stuck to following me around, and it was annoying. Earlier toda