“There are moments like this that I wish you were here to hold my hand. To remind me that I am not in this alone. Each day I think it will get easier. That the pain will lessen. But I’m beginning to think that it will only grow stronger with time. That the hole left inside of me will never close.” ~Lilly “Tell me again why I can’t go completely stabby on that serpent-tongued, vile waste of space?” Myanin stomped back and forth in front of Lilly. Gerrick stood off to the side, leaning against a wall of the throne room in the warlock mountain. It was a space Lilly rarely used. The room filled her mind with memories of her dead mate. “Because I have a different mission for you and Gerrick. That’s why. And as long as you live here, you are under my rule. Considering you’re mated to my gener