And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 0357

A power that almost mimicked mine, but one of nothing by obsidian darkness.

Trixie screamed out my brother's name as she and Sansa tended to his unconscious body. He wasn't dead, and that was simply by luck. But knowing Lucas hurt my brother pissed me off, and without a second thought, I charged him, only to have him toss me onto the bed and pin me beneath his body. With his claws at my neck and only inches between our faces, I felt myself break. I wanted to hurt him, hell part of me wanted to kill him for hurting Pollux, but I couldn't.

"Lucas, let me go. Look at what you have become!" I shouted at him, trying to get his attention, trying to do anything I could to make him see he was losing control of who he was.

"Me?" he laughed maniacally. "You're the cause of all of this, Cassie. You're the burden on not only the human realm but this realm as well. If it weren't for you and the power inside you, so many people would still be alive,"

"What-"I gasped, my eyes instantly filling with tears at his words. "Lucas, stop... it wasn't my fault."

"Nothing is ever your fault, is it? Poor Cassie, she can't take the fall for anything, can she? What a pathetic use of godly power."

Lifting his other claw high into the air, I wondered if the end was coming. I wondered if I was going to die, but a roar, unlike anything I had ever heard, rattled the room, and as it did, Lucas was ripped from my body and tossed toward the far side of the room.

stalking Lucas's body, attempting to

shimmer encompassing his body. Fiery irises burned in the center of his eyes. "Under the command of Odin, you are

I could feel it from the small bit of our bond. Something was wrong with him, and I had

of him, Lucas quickly lept out the nearest window. My heart jumped in fear as I scrambled to where he had just been and looked out, expecting

his lingering words rattled through my mind like a plague of pain that pounded down upon my

with a sorrowful expression on his face, I couldn't resist hugging him. My arms reached for him without hesitation as I buried

cold. "He knew something was wrong, so he sent for me to find

let it happen and not step in to help us fix this?" None of it made sense, and as a sigh escaped him, his eyes turned to Sansa,

he gave her a death stare that amused even me. After a moment of reluctance, she rolled her eyes and sighed. "Okay, fine. The gods don't

the stupidest thing I have ever heard," I muttered to myself, but obviously loud enough for the others to hear. "What's the point in

want? I mean... something is wrong, and they won't help. That's fucking stupid. I don't even get the point of being here. I'm not learning anything, and honestly,

do you mean," Silas asked as he stared