Asher’s POV
We’re brother and sister. It sounds so simple. If I can’t control myself, keep my distance. We’re brother and sister. Oh, how I used to tease her for it, a blessing to be close, and now it was my curse.
An ominous cloud shadowed each of us, especially Lilah nowadays. Something about her changed. It could have been the absence of seeing her while in the basement or tantalizing forbidden-ness of her calling out to me. The moment I saw her the next morning, it seemed like she shined brighter than diamonds in the sun. Blinding. Still as beautiful as ever, maybe even more so with her hair braided over one shoulder and eyes blue like the Carribean sea.
Before she could contain herself, she ran into my arms. I missed this. Wrapping my arms around her shoulders, I breathed in her fa
