Kate watches with cold eyes. It’s not her fight, and she has helped enough. If Lilith couldn’t fight for herself, then no one could save her.
Letting her stress out with a long breath, Lilith feels the glowing stone gently as she gives her drumming heart a chance to slow down. Kate didn’t need to, but she helped her against one of the most powerful jerks -- or most-powerful-to-be -- in the pack. For that, she owes Kate a lot.
It’s time to deal with Orion.
“Do you love me?” Lilith asks Orion with a smile, calmly.
Kate closes her eyes in disappointment. From what she gathered earlier, there was definitely some history between these two. She had caught enough of the flying rumors of Orion to realize that Lilith was the little orphan who Orion despised. Kate helped actually, with a slight
