Lilac’s P.O.V
“You want to tell me that you never once helped me because of Beta Luca?” I asked, my throat feeling dry all of a sudden. "You don’t have any ulterior motives at all?”
His hair fell on his forehead, looking a lot darker than its original color as the sky turned a dark blue and the sun set in the horizon.
He moved closer to me, so that we were not standing face to face, with only a couple feet of distance between us.
I only noticed that I had been backing away from him when I hit the edge of the spring and a sharp gasp escaped my lips. I saw his eyes flicker to my lips for a second before they landed on mine again and I swallowed hard.
Oddly enough, I wasn't afraid of him trying to take advantage of me because I felt like I could handle myself. Beta Luca had helped train
