Lilith fought to hold her laughter at seeing the shocked then furious expression on her mate's face. She didn’t know why but earlier she felt the overwhelming need to push Alaric to the edge with the help of his sister’s antics. Before he even opened his mouth, she was flooded with the scent of his lust then almost overwhelmed by his clear rage. True her attire was not something she would have chosen herself, but she did feel incredibly empowered by her new little black dress and “f**k me” heels, as Miranda so eloquently called them. After hours of Miranda and Alyssa poking, prodding, painting, and slathering her in unknown products she was concerned she’d look more like a soggy pin cushion than a woman. So when she looked in the full-length mirror, she was pleasantly surprised that she

