Lilith pov

“Ah… seems like we have some guests already,” Claude murmured, his face brushing against mine, his voice thick with amusement. Out of the corner of my eye, I watched his smirk slowly curl into something darker, something that sent shivers down my spine.

Thump. Thump. Thump.

That was the sound of my heartbeat as I heard his words, my eyes fixed on the two men below. The world seemed to stop, my body trembling, whether from the fear of being ...