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."

mean that he 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

the end, I declined. He had done a far better job than I and honestly,

wanted none of

the oldest, and looking back, I shouldn't have. I should have given it to Hale back then because he was the only one out of the four of us who could do it with a level head. And I was

a meeting today with our allies, correct?" I asked him

Damien, if you're going to constantly keep reminding me of the things that I need to do,

you are the alpha. I was no good at it, and you have done wonderfully accept your position," I replied as I plopped down onto

have accepted my position,

keep trying to interfere in all of it.

I mean, you've

in your

the children. Go find something to

actually had fun since I had been in school, and even then, I still

you run this pack properly and I will spend more time with the children as I have been since the day

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, Ivy would wake up and everything would go back