Mack got the concept of the first day of a new life. "I was used like your friend. Not for a sacrifice, but as a tool to get to my grandfather. I was stupid enough to think that she really wanted to teach me. I didn't see what she was really doing until it was too late."

He looked down at his hands, then lifted his gaze to Lilith with a more confident look. "But in the end we defeated her. I was the inside person and told my friends what she was planning."