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.

a minute for me to process what had just happened, but as I looked toward the figure currently stalking Lucas's body, attempting to get up from the floor, I took in a sight more magnificent than

body. Fiery irises burned in the center of his eyes.

himself, and I could see that. Hell, I could feel it from the small bit of our bond. Something

My heart jumped in fear as I scrambled to where he had just been and looked out, expecting to see

Lucas was nowhere to be found, and his lingering words rattled through my mind like a plague of pain that

was back to his normal self, and with a sorrowful expression on his face, I couldn't resist hugging him. My arms reached for him without hesitation as I buried my face into his chest. "Thank you, but how did you know?" Glancing up, he looked at me with

something was wrong, so he sent for

None of it made sense, and as a sigh escaped him, his eyes turned to Sansa, who quickly stood to her feet, rolling her eyes.

rolled her eyes and sighed. "Okay, fine. The gods don't interfere because the mortals-even the half-bloods-must know how to handle our own problems, in simpler

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

they want? I mean... something is wrong, and they won't help. That's fucking stupid. I don't even

stared at me,