Lilith’s POV
I found a way to take Selena straight to my chambers.
And no one saw us. I made sure of that.
The girl was barely standing, her steps light but shaky. Her strength was waning emotionally. And emotional exhaustion was the most dangerous kind. I saw it in her eyes, the way they blinked slowly, like the weight of the world rested behind each lash. Karren has really toiled with her emotions..
I helped her sit on the velvet couch by the window while I summoned a basin of warm water and crushed healing roots into a salve. Her wounds weren’t life-threatening, I didn't want to use my energy to heal her, it would make her scent spread. I had to do it with natural remedies.
I knelt before her, gently dabbing at the cut on her lip, the bruise on her cheek. She winced once, but other
