And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Cassie.

A few days of going to the secret library Silas had brought me to hadn't brought me any closer to figuring out how to help Lucas. However, I learned a lot about Anna. Including just how close Silas was to her when he came to Asgard to begin with. "So you were her guard?" I asked, staring at Silas, who walked around the library tossing an old brown ball up in the air before catching it.

"Yep, it was my first job here. It wasn't exactly what I had expected... when I came here she had already been here for a long time. I was young and rebellious. I hated the world because of how I was treated, and she saw something in me others didn't." "But... that doesn't make sense. She would have been ancient by then-"

"Around seven hundred years old to be exact," he hummed as his eyes twinkled with amusement.

I was astounded. From the stories, she was supposed to be human or so I thought, but then lived that long. It didn't make any sense. "How, though?"

"How was she that old?"

smile widened, "Anna was one of Odin's creations, Cassie. She was a descendant of

had never heard before. Odin's wolves were famous, and the entire reason our species was created. In order to protect the wolves hunted by humans, Odin bestowed his wolves to gift them with the

all descendants though," I whispered looking back down to the painting of her I have found in a scroll on one of the many bookshelves. "That

gift on

life she was given. However, Odin wouldn't let her give up on life. He knew she had more

corner of my lips, l rolled my eyes and went back to trying to read the faded writing on the parchment. However, the words were foreign and far more advanced than anything I knew, and I was left wondering what they were instead of actually

made her immortal until she

picked up another book and made his way toward me, laying it down. "This is Anna's journal from her last year here. When you have time,

up the purple fabric-bound book, I ran my fingers over the spine, admiring the intricate designs. It was beautiful, and my mind was curious to know what she had to say but