Lilith’s Pov
The day bled into something warm and quiet.
Being in Nolan’s mansion… it felt like a different world. Safer. Quieter. Softer. Maybe that’s what scared me the most, how peaceful it all felt. Like the calm before a storm I knew I wasn’t ready for.
Earlier that day, I’d gone back to Killian’s mansion, only for a moment, just to grab my painting supplies. I didn’t stay long. I couldn’t. That place held too many memories I wasn’t ready to face. The silence inside those walls screamed louder than anything Nolan could ever say.
But with Nolan… we had fun. We talked about books, we joked, we went out and strolled through the city like two people who had no care in the world. And it was good. It was… happy. Genuinely happy. And I hated that I questioned it so much.
Because somewhe
