𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒✓

twenty-five

LILITH

There were moments in our lives that completely change us.

This one was one of those moments for me, the one that turned my life upside down.

Just when I thought that things were going fine.

I plucked the brown leaf and placed it on the ground. Even my flowers were slowly dying. Another tear escaped my eye and I wiped it off with the back of my hand.

The cold breeze rushed through my hair and I felt my body shiver.

All of my flowers were placed on the terrace, their leaves moving to the rhythm of the wind.

I took the white rag in my hands and started wiping the dust on the pot of the beautiful plant.

The glass door creaked open but I had my head down, not having the energy to look who stepped out.

Soft footsteps approached me and I felt a coat being draped over my shoulders. The warmth immediately eased the tension in my chest. I knew from the scent of the coat that it was Lucian.

"It's really cold out here. Let's go inside." He gently spoke while he ran his hands over my arm, trying to keep me warm.

"I can't be inside, it's suffocating. I'll stay here for a while." It was true. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

Each time I got inside the house, I felt like the walls closing in on me. My heart picked up its speed and my anxiety was increasing with each passing moment.

Being outside somehow helped me a little bit.

I took some pills to relax but they only made me sleepy and tired. It didn't help with anything else.

"Okay."

I thought that he was going to leave but instead, he sat down next to me. I felt bad that he had to stay home and watch over me when he probably had so much work to do.

"Do you need help with anything?" I knew he was trying to take my mind off of things and I was grateful for that. But I don't know if it was helping much.

"I haven't been taking care of them properly in the past few weeks. Some of the leaves have dried out."

He hummed.

"But it's okay. I'll be done soon."

He leaned towards me and placed a kiss on my temple.

"Alright."

In the past few days, Lucian has been doing everything to find out the truth about my abduction.

And he did.

When he told me what Maria had said, I wasn't surprised yet my mind went to all of the times I went to my "mom" for help. All the times I went to my "dad" to show him how well I did in school. All of the times I went to William and begged him to play with me and watch movies.

All of our dinners and family parties.

How could they act like nothing was wrong?

How could they act like I was their daughter?

"How unfair it is... when someone breaks our heart we are expected to pick up the pieces and put them back together by ourselves. No one will do that for us. We have to do it alone even though it was not our fault. It's not fair."

"I'm here."

"I know and I couldn't be more grateful for that. But before we got married I had no one." I sniffed and wiped my eyes again. "I don't know how I would have been dealing with all of this alone."