And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

I was intrigued by how people moved in and out of this place. The leather seating seemed to line the walls, and were filled with other students mingling. But as the girls and I collected our drinks and sat down, I couldn't help but wonder if perhaps I should put off telling

them what I was going to tell them at all.

Sipping on my coffee, I tried to look anywhere but at Sansa and Trixie. After a moment, though, Sansa cleared her throat, and my eyes gazed up to meet both of theirs.

"Are you going to explain, or are you going to sit there and keep avoiding the situation?"

Sighing, I nodded. "Sorry, I just didn't think I'd be having to do this shit."

Trixie gave me a soft gaze of understanding as she nodded her head. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it, Cassie."

"It isn't that, Trixie," I said with a smile. "It's just that my brother should be here explaining this, and with everything going on with Lucas right now, I just didn't expect I'd be the one telling you."

Opening and closing her mouth, Trixie frowned. "What are you talking about?"

Glancing quickly at Sansa, her eyes widened as she gasped in shock. "Oh my god. OH MY GOD, are you FUCKING KIDDING ME?!"

"It would seem that fate

she sighed in a very dramatic fashion that caught both Sansa's and my

how does the mate thing work with your kind? Do you guys have mate bonds, or do you like

asshole brother was her mate without her first understanding what the hell that actually meant. Puzzled by my question, she laughed, shaking her

pleaded, rolling my eyes.

We do bond ourselves with who we choose, but there is usually a long courtship, and

had told me as a child. Of course,

so you don't feel any kind of way or anything before you mate with these

her head. "No, that's silly-oh, I mean..." She seemed embarrassed by what she said, realizing it was how we detected

couldn't help but smile and

odd or out of sorts to detect the person you're supposed to love like that, but we att had our own

brother's desire. However, when I found my mate, and he didn't find his, he became so angry at me." Trixie gasped softly with sorrow-filled eyes. "How could he be angry? That isn't your fault or his. Doesn't he know fate makes things happen for a

my shoulders, I

and how I

both didn't. The problem was that when we got to this place, he gave up hope of finding her. He