Lilith pov

I stared at Silas with wide, trembling eyes. We were so close that our breaths mingled, so close that my body reacted to the proximity before my mind could catch up. One single thought flashed through me at that moment—closing that last inch between us.

Despite the fear coiling tight in my chest, his touch alone felt so good that my heart raced, that my body wanted more.

My heart pounded harder with every second, each beat louder than the last as his words echoed through ...