But Lilith couldn't stop.
All the pressure. All the fear. All the grief and guilt and overwhelming responsibility pressing down on her.
It was too much.
She couldn't carry it anymore.
"I didn't ask for this!" Lilith screamed. "I didn't ask to be resurrected! I didn't ask for this power! I didn't ask to owe Thalia a debt I never agreed to! I didn't ask to be valuable to every faction in the supernatural world! I just wanted...I just wanted to live! To be with the people I love! To have choices about my own life! But I don't get that! Because everyone....EVERYONE....wants something from me!"
Furniture exploded. The fireplace cracked. Parts of the ceiling started to crumble.
Sebastian and Lucian both moved toward her but the magic pushed them back. A barrier of dual forces keeping them at bay.
