And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

I was losing hope.

I was feeling like we would never get her back.

"She isn't dead," Priscilla said as she finished helping the doctor take Ivy's vitals. They two were just as concerned about her not having woken up, but Priscilla was ever the optimist in this.

"I don't understand why she's not waking up."

My comment caused her to glance over at where my brothers and I were standing. A small smile littered her face as she slowly stood. "It will be okay."

"Will it, though?" I snapped in frustration. It had been six months, and though we had been taking care of the twins, she had missed out on so much. From their first time crawling to them eating solid foods. There was so much she had missed out on, and it killed me every day knowing she had. We needed her back desperately.

We needed her to be here with us, because without her here, nothing in this world made sense.

"Just give her time, and she will wake up. Things like this can't be rushed. She used a lot of energy to bring you back, Damien. She exerted herself to limits we didn't think were possible. If she were dead, we would know, but her heart still beats very strong. It is her mind that is weak and her mind can take a long time to heal."

Priscilla was right, as usual, and as we all nodded in agreement, she stood and left with the doctor. "I suppose for now we continue what we were doing."

had to point out the obvious. A lot of things had changed around the back since I had last been here before the war. One of them being that, I left Hale in

but in the end, I declined. He had done a far better job than I and honestly, I never wanted

none of

position only because I was the oldest, and looking back, I shouldn't have. I should have given it to Hale back then because he was the only one

I asked him as I turned from the room with

me of the things that I need to do, you should have

it, and you have done wonderfully accept your position,"

have accepted my position,

interfere in all of it. Why don't you find

mean, you've

in your

with the children.

actually had fun since

I will then take free time. Until then, I will continue to help the three of you run this pack properly and I will spend

actually okay. How was I supposed to show them I was okay, considering everything that we had been through? "Just give it time, Damien. Everything is going to work out." James's words were comforting in a way. I knew he was right. In time,