The room emptied as people ran to prepare.
Nicholas caught Lilith's arm before she could leave. "Stay alive. Whatever happens. Promise me."
"I promise," Lilith said.
But Nicholas could feel through the bond that she was terrified.
They all were.
***
Lilith POV - Forty-five minutes later
Lilith stood on the front steps of the estate with Victoria on her left and Nicholas on her right. Behind them, the combined forces of witches and wolves waited in defensive formation...thirty pack warriors, twelve coven members, all of them armed and ready and absolutely terrified of what was coming.
The wards around the estate shimmered with combined magic. The ground had been prepared with ritual circles. Every defensive measure they could think of had been implemented.
It would not be enough.
Lilith could feel it in the air, the weight of something massive approaching. Something dark and ancient and absolutely malevolent.
"There," Sebastian said from somewhere behind her.
