And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

"There's no point in having him blindfolded. He can't communicate with them anyway; plus, it'll be a lot more fun having him watch us prepare to destroy his pack."

The sadistic comment from the man to my right, the burly one with the scar, and he stared at me with hatred. I wasn't afraid of him, though. Only one thing could scare me, and it wasn't anywhere near me right now. If I got free, he would be the first one I ripped apart simply for thinking he could fuck my mate as if she would actually allow it.

"You really must compensate for that tiny dick you have. Sitting there talking and thinking about raping a woman," I spat. "Not to mention you have a death grip on the knife like you think you will actually use it on me. He'd kill you for that."

His eyes widened as his jaw clenched, his knuckles turning white against the blade's hilt. Before he could even say a word, though, the other man quickly hit me again, and eventually, black spots invaded my vision, causing me to slip into darkness. "Fucking let him watch. It'll be more fun seeing the terrified expression in his eyes when he realizes he's going to die." One of the men said, his voice getting shallower and shallower until they tossed me into absolutely nothing.

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I wasn't sure how long I was out, but as I slowly came to, I realized one thing.

We had stopped moving, and I was not alone in the van.

Fear crept through me, wondering if we had made it to my back yet. If we were here, and my people were dying.

However, approaching footsteps caused my mind to calm a little as the door opened, showing Alokaye and Allison standing before me. His eyes trained on me with a smirk.

"Good, you're awake. It's time to prepare for the final event."

people behind those borders," I snapped at him, rage showing on my face

for me to be able

hands on her hips. "Plus, they're not the goal that we want. It's that stupid little

shook my head. "You have no idea what you're messing with regarding

been, but that was not the case. Instead,

a narrowed gaze and shook his

to be true, and thinking about her now, a pit of guilt formed

loved her. Instead, I was dragged from the van, put on my feet,

dirt and gravel on the ground. The men of the Council were both dressed and, in their wolf forms, and slowly maneuvered

would have had the guards on full alert, and I would have prayed they

plenty of guidance on what we would do in case of an attack, and Talon being the man that he

far surpassing anything I had ever

on the border," one warrior said softly as he approached Alokaye

gaze up towards the sky,

is?" I

cannot proceed properly until she is present." Turning from me, he

awoken in the middle of the night; unprepared, unaware, and Ivy, my children, they all were going to suffer because of this because I