And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

The words I spoke were me, but then again, they weren't. It was as if my subconscious was tired of the bullshit and finally spoke of everything that had rolled through my mind over the years.

It seemed to hit my brother hard with what I said, but he tried to distract me. Something I wasn't prepared for.

I hadn't been paying attention to Lucas, who had calmly been circling behind me. I wasn't sure what he was trying to do, but the moment his arms wrapped around my waist, my brother tried to tackle me down.

The problem was they didn't realize how much power I was on the verge of using until it was too late and flew from me in a frenzy, seeking to hit any target in its path.

I hadn't meant for anybody to get hurt.

I had it meant for things to go sideways and had they just let me be to calm down on my own, perhaps things would have been fine.

My mother's scream echoed around me. I looked up from the ground over towards the fire. I spotted Melissa laying there unmoving, and my heart absolutely broke.

As if a combustion inside me had finally let go, I screamed in frustration and pain. My eyes wide with fear as tears rolled down my cheeks. The power within me exploding, tossing Lucas and Lux from my body as I quickly climbed to my hands and knees and scrambled over to where Melissa layed.

"No. Please No." I never meant for anybody to get hurt and yet the one person I had loved and trusted my entire life was now gone. She lay there, her eyes wide open, her hair sprawled around her.

There was nothing I could do now, but I wanted to. Goddess, I wanted to.

my lap, I kissed the top of her head, my hand running over her cheek as tears fell down my face landing onto her own. "It's going to be okay, Melissa. Don't let go. I can bring you back.

the one time I did, in order to try to stop two men I cared about from killing each other, the one person I cared more about than anything in this world was taken

sweetie... What did you do?" My mother's voice brought me to the forefront of what had actually happened and as I let my eyes slide

just wanted them to stop fighting, Mama, I didn't mean

half with me falling to her knees, because Melissa had

her all

holding both me and Melissa. "I know you didn't.

back. I can bring her back, Mama. I can do

could do it, I could do it too.

They both stared at me tight, lipped with sad expressions on their faces as Damien shook

can't bring

She's gone.

What your mother did

all of them to bring me back and the only way that was

isn't one of

one of us, at least not by blood. But she was mine, and I loved her.