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Lilith

I t seems as if my half-shadow has unlocked her powers. Can’t have her figuring that out too quickly, now, can we?

Another flick of my wrist, and my magic surrounds me, tendrils of smoke wrapping around my body. Within seconds, my skin vessel is transported to another sector of the dream realm. I need to find that disgusting human .

“A?” I hear him call out into the void. He’s searching for her. How sweet .

“Ronan, is that you?” I respond in a perfect mockery of my daughter’s panicked voice .

Too easy.

“Stay right there, gorgeous. I got you.” The smell of his panic permeates the room like a delicious perfume.

A quick snap of my wrist and my magic masks my body, modifying my vessel to match that of my insolent offspring.

“I’m right here, baby.”

He moves into my peripheral vision. An image of beauty and distress rolled into one.

Dark hair falls messily in front of his concerned eyes. Warm, caramel skin covered in a black tee, showing off his muscles as he breathes in and out deeply, each movement bringing attention to his structured stomach. A godlike human. No wonder she’s enraptured by him.

I fall into him, sobbing, playing my part perfectly.

“She’s after me, Ronan! I’m scared!” I cry out through the tears .

“Who’s after you, gorgeous? They can’t get you, I’m right here.”

He scrambles to hold my crumbling form in his arms, supporting my weight as we melt into the floor.

I look up into his eyes, searching. “My mother.” I breathe out softly.