Lilith’s Plan

Elara's POV

I crouched down immediately, completely overcome by the sheer weight of his plea. My hands shook completely uncontrollably when little Ronin shifted his grip from my knees, wrapping his small, fragile arms tightly around my neck. He buried his face in the crook of my shoulder, and finally called me the one word I had always desperately yearned to hear: “Mom.”

It felt as though the en