And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

"So that makes her a villain?" I laughed.

"No," he smiled, "but her acting the way she was set Anna on edge. I worked closely with Anna, and through all of it, she felt Inanna and her were growing distant. That Inanna was up to something dark, and when she began hanging out with the wrong people, Anna became wary of her."

Glancing down at Anna's portrait, I took in her dark hair, celestial blue eyes and pink plump lips. I was shocked. The first time I saw her photo I realized how much she and I looked alike. The only difference was she seemed to smile all the time where I did not. Anna didn't seem like the kind of person whose smile ever fell, but of course, this was reality, or it was her reality once upon a time.

"So did she ever confront her?" I asked without looking up at Silas. My fingers once again brushed over the purple book he had given me.

"Yep," he replied quickly. "It turned into a huge fight, and the next day... Inanna and a few others were gone."

Letting my eyes dart up to Silas, I furrowed my brows. "What do you mean they were gone? Someone doesn't just vanish."

and took a seat in the chair across from me. "Back then, the vale between realms wasn't as confined as it is now. It was easier to slip out, but that was

the stories I had heard growing up of the battle my parents went through with him. How they wanted my brother and me but our parents

As far as I remembered, it was my mother who had thrown Loki back into Asgard, but then again, who was I to correct the history they knew?

portrait and retied the ribbon around it that had once held it closed. I was learning a lot being here but

of person before, and

the bookshelves to replace the scroll with

really, just a lot on my

bothering you," he said as the sound of his footsteps echoing

him.