Killian’s Pov
She didn’t say anything.
I stood there, breathing hard, my heart in chaos. My voice cracked again.
“Why didn’t you tell me that she was alive?” I asked, softer this time. “Why?”
I moved closer, eyes locked on hers.
“Why toy with my emotions? With your father’s emotions? With everyone’s emotions? We all thought she was dead, Lilith. We mourned her. We buried her in our hearts. And all this time, she was alive.”
I took a shaky breath, the weight of it crushing my chest.
“Why did you do it? What was so bad that it had to be hidden like this? Yeah, what she did to me was cruel, but this… this was worse. You all made me mourn. You made us cry for someone who was out there living her life… peacefully, happily… while we were drowning.”
Still, she said nothing. Her silence ma
