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."

right, but it didn't 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 them being

over being Alpha, but in the end, I

none of

back, I shouldn't have. I should have given it to Hale back then because he was the only one out of

I asked him as I turned from the room with my brothers and

to constantly keep reminding me of the things that I need to do,

accept your position," I replied as I plopped down onto the sofa with a smirk on my

accepted my

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

then? I mean, you've never

time in

the children. Go find something

like that was even fucking possible. I hadn't actually had fun since I had been in school, and even then, 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 more time with the children as I have been since the day I woke up." They knew I was

tell that they were unsure if I was 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, Ivy would wake up and everything would go back to normal. But until that happened, I would