"That's what I mean." She said, revealing far more than she had intended to. Delving more into this than she had wanted. "Everything was going right, everything was becoming perfect." Lilith frowned, trying to mask her features, but failing.

Her gaze swept over him, searching for signs of his pain, though knowing it was all internal. "I understand. This isn't going to be easy to forget. Some of us have made connections that we didn't expect. Felt things that we didn't think we could." She thought of Lily, the girl she thought was her daughter. She had loved her deeply. She had viewed her as her treasure. Now there was an empty hole inside.

"You're worried about Kevin?"