And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

The door to the panic room closed, and within it, the cameras that had been scattered throughout the house revealed the scene before me.

The chaos that would slowly consume us.

"You're doing the right thing," my mother said softly as she took Pollux from my arms.

"Am I, though? My mates are out there, and I'm stuck in a panic room with my children, my mother and a Seer, instead of out there fighting for my pack. No offense, Priscilla."

"None taken," she replied with a wicked smile as she brushed off the jab I made.

My mother couldn't say anything. What was she to say? She wasn't one of us.

I didn't want to think the way I was, but I couldn't help it.

What kind of Luna did that make me? What kind of goddess did that make me?

me was unlike anything I had ever felt before. I stood there watching the cameras, and as I did, I watched the front doors blow open. The cracking of wood

my fucking door," I snarled, watching two wolves enter my home downstairs. Their massive forms caused more damage than I would have liked. It was not long-lasting, though, as Kara appeared into

She was staying true to her word. Guarding the house

the looks of it, hundreds of wolves were out there, and my mates were

anger through our bond. It was fueling a fire deep inside me that

anything for them," my mother said as she laid her

more, I shook my head in disbelief. "How can

taken aback but pushing through it, she opened

are fighting to protect you. You're not built for this kind of thing, Ivy. You're safer here, just

wasn't built for

was the fucking

not understand that, but fate proclaimed me their leader.

asked as her brows furrowed

doesn't matter," I muttered, turning back to glance at the cameras. "There