Chapter 38: Of Pain, Peril, and Paper.

Her heartbeat thundered in her ears as Lilith marched with leaded legs towards her home. No, not her home. Her home was somewhere she could lay her head without worry, where she didn’t unlive with an uncle who killed their fellow Myths. Where she was able to finally breathe, and think, on her own.

Willow’s clinic was her home.

And now, this was going to be a battlefield.

Lilith threw open the door and yelled out: “Morgan! Morgan, get down here, right now!”

The shuffling of feet caught her attention, and she turned to find not a tall, headless man, but instead, a softer, handsome one. Roland.

“Rol?” Lilith blinked. “Where’s Morgan?! I need to speak with him!”

Roland frowned and strode towards her. Softly, he raised a hand to her head, and gently rubbed the top of her head. “Little sis,” he started. “What is the matter?”

“It’s Morgan,” she rushed out. “I think…I think he killed someone.”