And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

It took everything in me to leave that thought out of my mind in front of Kara. I had known the answer to that statement, and that was because of Castor. It was because of her I woke up. The being inside her brought me back, and if Kara knew, it may have changed her She may have forced them to leave now.

mind.

"Please," I whispered, with tears in my eyes. "You can't do this, Kara. They can't go through what I went through."

Low, heavy footsteps on the hardwood floor behind me caught my attention, and as I turned, I saw Damian stepping forth from the shadows of the hallway, his arms crossed over his chest as he looked between Kara and I before letting out a heavy sigh.

"This wasn't how I wanted you to find out. I was planning actually to have this conversation with you tomorrow," he said. "I need you to understand that this is for the best. It will help them."

"How could you?" I snapped at him, not understanding why he would ever agree to give her children away. "They are mine too, and you didn't even speak to me about this. You didn't even ask my opinion."

"How were we supposed to have asked your opinion, Ivy? You were unconscious for a year. What we did, we agreed upon in unison. We grew up not knowing how to control what we were, and it took over us until we were old enough to understand what was going on-" What Damien was saying made sense. He didn't even need to finish that sentence for me to know exactly where he was going with it, and tears continued streaming down my face as I nodded my head.

It wasn't Kara's fault. She was simply doing as Odin, my so-called father, told her to do.

"Okay," I hissed. "Eighteen."

and nodded her head. "I will leave you two for now. I will be back in a few years to check on them. If you need me, you know how to call

didn't know, but I wasn't about to

Damian, who looked at me, surprised. "You are actually

kidding me? Absolutely

he stammered

that you guys were just trying to prolong it. I'm not angry at you... it wasn't like you had a choice in the matter. However, if they think they are going to take children, they

my head. "We have till their eighteenth birthday to find a way out of this. To find a way to keep them safe. Let us just focus on that,

the fact the gods thought they were entitled to my children, when in reality, they

beneath my skin. Not as strong,

they thought they were going to ruin my family and take

find a way to destroy them

The End.

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Authors Note

I have TWO more books in this series coming out. However, they will follow the line of Pollux and Castor, as well as Ivy, Damian, Hale, Talon,