I should have written more, but this just seemed like an intense place to leave off. lmao So dramatic! If this were a show, that would have been the end of the episode right there. :P But yeah, I guess don't advance the story too much by trying to go to bed or anything because the deal isn't official until Aleks verbally swears to uphold his end of the deal. Also, I totally realized how much our story really is like a dark Beauty and the Beast. Lilith, like beast, is going to be human by the end (though she's going to be waaaaay less happy about it! XD). Also, the more I think about it, I'm worried what Aleks will do when he's been driven to near insanity and sees her like that. What if he kills her? T-T It would be a great ending, but Lilith is like my evil little child. I don't want her to die!