Lilith
“You arsehole!” I scream as soon as Cain flashes me back to my room. I’m so angry at that moment that I’m sure I'd have killed Cain if I had my dark powers. Or at least tried.
“Ugh!” I kick my armchair toward the wall before I slump down on it and take a couple of calming breaths.
Once I’ve regained my control, I think about what I learned about the darkness─the Tenebrous. I lived with that thing inside me for so long, and I never knew what it was. To think that the power is searching for me like a parasite searching for a host makes nausea churn in my belly.
My thoughts quickly turn to Cain and his kiss. I know I should be outraged by his daring, considering he was ordered to kill me, but I can’t. Though I hate him and want to dismember him for threatening Fallon, I can’t st
