“What? I didn’t know he had a child.” I wrap my fingers around hers. “That’s interesting that you say that, but comforting, nonetheless.” “Why?” She gazes up at me in the way I’ve come to crave. I need her. To be around her, beneath her, inside her. Lilith is worse than poison. She’s venom straight from a snake bite. “Because, baby…” I wrap my arm around her lower back. “You’re the mother.”
