Chapter 131. Something Happened!

Lilith POV

She was furious. Really, truly furious.

Theila, standing in front of me, her eyes brimming with tears, her voice trembling with each shaky breath, stared at me as I sat frozen, wide-eyed and trembling, my cheek still stinging from her slap. My breaths came slow, uneven, and I could barely comprehend it.

Theila had slapped me. It was the first time she had ever been angry enough to hit me.

Like I said, she had always been like family. Back when Father was alive and Mother hadn’t drunk wolfsbane, she used to visit often, especially when she had breaks. With no family of her own, she had practically been part of mine since I was a child. But this… this was the first time I had ever seen her this angry at me.

Even when I had insisted on participating in the ritual, she had tried to stop me but eventually relented, knowing I wouldn’t be swayed. When I started working in the packhouse, it had been obvious she hadn’t wanted me to, but she had