Lilith turned her head, her gaze softening as she took in the sight before her.
Ana Carter, usually so elegant and graceful, was crying.
Her delicate hands trembled as they covered her lips, muffling the sounds of her sorrow.
Tears spilled freely down her face, and she didn't try to stop them.
She wasn't the beautiful and composed socialite that the world saw her as.
Right now, she was just a mother watching her son lie unmoving on a hospital bed.
And next to her, Rose clutched the blanket covering Sebastian, her small shoulders shaking.
Her fingers curled into the fabric, as if holding onto her brother would somehow wake him up.
Lilith let out a slow breath.
Something unfamiliar twisted in her chest.
She wasn't human enough to cry like them.
She wasn't weak enough to break down.
But she was devil enough to make sure this never happened again.