Lilith pov

By now, I thought nothing could take me by surprise anymore.

I mean, if you really thought about it, my life had always been a whirlwind of shocks and misfortunes so nothing should catch me off guard.

Well, that was what I had thought. But as I stood in the throne room, watching everything unfold with wide, trembling eyes, I realized I had been wrong.

Really wrong.

Because never in my wildest dreams would I have imagined seeing Dervic, that terrifying man who had nearly ...