Reaper's Lily

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(the uploads will be sporadic and i apologize for the randomness. there is a trigger warning for talks of sui$!de and unaliving, again! remembering you are an amazing person and there's help out there if you need it! with that being said, there is a *cough, cough* spicy scene ^-^ happy reading everyone!)

Liliana's P.O.V:

Everything from then on was a blur. All I remembered was Kaiden trying to carry me out the room after Liam... no, I didn't want to remember what Liam had done. Getting up, I realized I was in a bed. I glanced around, feeling a sharpening pain in my left shoulder. I held my left shoulder, feeling the fresh bandage, and finally took a chance to look around the room and the small bed I was in.

I was laying in a small full-sized bed, light grey colored sheets with matching pillowcases and comforter. The room walls were a boring beige cream color with various amounts of weird plants paintings and happy-go-lucky sayings all over the room. Slowly peeling the blanket, I swung my legs and placed my feet on the white slippers. I moved my feet to slide them into the slippers, carefully standing up as I held onto my left shoulder. Walking towards the door, I placed my right hand on the doorknob. I turned the doorknob, pulling the door open, and stepped out.

I didn't even get two steps out of the room when I heard someone demanding, "What in the fuck are you doing out of bed?"

I turned to see Aimee hurrying to me, she stopped a few steps away from me. I looked down at myself, seeing that I was an oversized black long sleeve and some shorts, then looked up at her. Aimee fixed her sundress, which looked like it was yanked up as if she were—ew! The one time I woke up, I had interrupted her...playtime with Jason. This was not as bad as walking in on them during the act, but it was probably a close second. Aimee's lips looked a little swollen, and she moved her hair to cover her shoulder and neck area.

"Having some fun?" I asked dully.

She turned a beet-red, smiling as she asked, "Did we wake you? It's just with the full moon coming tonight, Jace couldn't really control his wolf—"

"I don't want to hear it." I cut her off, then ran my right hand through my hair. Out of the blue, I asked out loud, "Where's Kaiden?"

"He's downstairs with Nathan and Gia." She pointed down towards the staircase.

I tried to feel for his emotions, but I couldn't. Something was blocking me unless...he wasn't here. I looked at Aimee, and asked, "Then why can't I feel his emotions?"

Aimee had the "oh fuck, I've been caught" face suddenly, and waited for me to say something else. Why was she lying to me? Did Kaiden ask her to keep me here? But why? I looked at her, waiting for her to say something else, and it stayed silent between us. Was Aimee meant to stall me? But for what? Or was she and Jason meant to keep me here?

Aimee finally said, "Let's go get something to eat. You must be starving, and men don't like a toothpick."

"I weigh more than you." I reminded her, taking a step back away from her.

She only looked at me, her eyes betraying her every word as she lied once more, "Yeah, but you're still a growing girl. Did you get prettier with your dark circles becoming less visible?"

"Aimee, you have five seconds. Explain." I narrowed my eyes at her.

Aimee started to laugh nervously, playing with her hair, but I saw in her facial expression that she was trying to mask. She was reaching out to Jason, and for what? I wasn't going to hurt her...badly. Just shove her away from me and try to bolt it out of here. If I didn't know about her stalling me, I'd still be locked into her lie about Kaiden being downstairs. I only looked around her, seeing the hallway that led to the stairs, then looked back at Aimee. This was something I was going to regret later, but I didn't know why I had to do this.