Lilith's POV
The sunlight stings my eyes, and I realize it's past ten. I reach for the sheets beside me—cold.
Irritation makes me tug at my hair. He kept me up until 3 a.m., yet he's up and chipper?
Downstairs, I hear the roll of suitcase wheels.
Alpha Thomas and Mom are moving back today. Mom grabs my wrist, her new crystal nails digging in painfully.
"Why stay in that cramped dorm?" she says, her expensive perfume mixed with Thomas's pheromone scent hitting me. "Stay in touch with your brothers. Come home on weekends."
I nod. "Okay."
My eyes fix on the massive diamond ring on her finger, nodding mechanically.
Watching her strut off with Alpha Thomas like a proud peacock, I exhale in relief.
That afternoon, my phone rings—Jarek, who I haven't seen in forever.
"Forever" means in
