Chapter 143. I Will Be Beta

Lilith POV

I stared at Silas with wide, trembling eyes. We were so close that our breaths mingled, so close that my body reacted to the proximity before my mind could catch up. One single thought flashed through me at that moment—closing that last inch between us.

Despite the fear coiling tight in my chest, his touch alone felt so good that my heart raced, that my body wanted more.

My heart pounded harder with every second, each beat louder than the last as his words echoed through my mind.

Fight, Lilith. Be a good girl and fight. Again and again. Fight. The word continued to ring as the scene before me shifted and Silas was gone. And instead, I saw him.

My father stood before me, tall and calm, smiling down at me after defeating me in less than a minute. I remembered how I had complained then, how I hadn’t wanted to fight at all.

What was the point? I had thought. We both knew the outcome. I would lose anyway. But he had smiled and said.