LILITH'S POV

12 hours remaining

Time had lost all meaning in this dark concrete tomb.

At this point, I didn't even know if I'd been here for hours or days. The single bulb overhead never changed, casting the same yellow beam regardless of whether it was day or night outside.

I had no concept of time whatsoever and that in itself was simply agonizing. I couldn't remember the last time I ate something, I felt my body grow weaker by the second…it was like I was fading.

The guards switched ...