And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Cassie.

Trixie's outburst caught both mine and Sansa's attention. She jumped to her feet, huffing and puffing, and I could have sworn her eyes turned brighter than usual. It was as if a flip switched in her, and she was slowly spiraling from it. The guilt that filled me over her looking upset, tore at my heart. I had never meant to hurt her, and biting my bottom lip, the confidence I usually felt slowly dissipated.

"Trixie, I'm so sorry. Please don't be upset."

"Upset?!" She scoffed with laughter. "I'm not upset because I'm his mate."

"What? Then what's wrong?" Confused beyond belief, I tried to understand what was going on. Why was she acting like this if she wasn't upset by the news?

Shaking her head, she paced around the little seating area we were in with her hands on her hips. "I never wanted a mate, Cassie. As surprising as that may seem, in my world, when you take your mate, it means you start popping out babies, and just because my older sister wants to do that doesn't mean I want to."

Trixie's confession was slightly unexpected. She was usually so sweet and bubbly, and right now, she was acting completely different. "Trix-"

"No, Cassie," she sighed, snapping her gaze at me. "Let me finish."

I gestured with my hand for her to continue. After all, who was I to honestly stop her? It was obvious the girl was on a mission, and as she ranted about how people always treated her like she was stupid and how her mother wanted her to settle down, I couldn't help but think of how similar we actually were.

can disregard me, regardless of me not wanting to mate anything,

coming back to reality at

was

Cassie," she replied with a triumphant smirk on her face. "I'm going to take a

as I sent a

out her phone and seemed to look at herself in her reflection. "She

what she wanted me to do. It wasn't like I asked

store I had wanted to see all day. Lucas walked casually down the sidewalk in the same dark jeans and t-shirt I had seen him in the other

hadn't been home or

have to go." Standing to

cafe and out the door, looking in both directions for which way he had gone. The

saw

searched the area for any sign of him, and when I thought I'd never find him, a firm arm reached out from within the shadows of an alley and pulled me in, the seductive, sultry scent I had grown used to wrapping around my body. Pushed against the wall, I stared up into Lucas' dark steely eyes. My heart was racing at the feeling of his

are you following me?" he snarled through a

you? I have been