And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 52: Accepting the Future

Damian POV

When I walked into the house, I knew it was late. I knew my brother James wouldn’t fight the urge to see her. Out of all of us, he cared for her the most in the past.

She was everything to him.

His first real love. His only love.

“You’re awake.” James turned from the open fridge towards me and nodded. No longer was he unkempt and dirty. They must have had fun because he was now freshly shaven and showered in my kitchen. “Where’s Ivy?”

“Sleeping.” He quickly retorted as he placed a bottle of water on the counter with the sandwich he had obviously made. “Care to explain to me what happened?”

“Are you going to actually listen this time?” I responded with a smirk as I walked towards the counter taking a seat.

James wasn’t impressed by my attitude but nonetheless, he rolled his eyes and shrugged, “don’t push it, Damian. This was all your fucking fault to begin with.”

Pressing back the annoyance I wanted to lash upon him, I squared my shoulders and let a breath escape me. “I understand I fucked up in the past, James. I can’t change the past, but I am trying to fix things now if you will help me.”

“Help you?” He snorted, that’s rich.”

“I’m serious. We came here to find you first. Next, we are going after Hale.”

James stared at me with a blank expression, “he left too?”

Nodding, I sighed. “You all did. She woke up, and I was the only one still there for her.”

My revelation made him flinch, but no matter the guilt he may have felt, I knew why he did what he did. I wanted to do the same thing, but one of us had to be there when she woke up.

“How could I not feel the bond before, but as soon as she touched me, I could? That shouldn’t be possible, Damian.”

* I know.” He was right. It shouldn’t be possible. “I took her to see the seer. She explained that Ivy is favored by the goddess, and now the bond has been left to her. She can choose a normal life, mating with one of us or a few… Or she can have us all. At the end of the day, though, it’s her choice.”

for a

the looks of

a moment before slowly nodding, “I didn’t think she was real when I

restaurant?” I inquired, knowing full

you to leave me the fuck alone, but then I saw her. How happy she was, and I couldn’t bring myself to do it. Seeing her again was

in the hospital awake as well. Even if I didn’t have

up at me again, “why haven’t you bonded with her yet? I smelt you on

clasped hands in front of me, I mulled

marked her when

it didn’t seem right.” I responded, looking at him again, “I want you three to reconcile with her first, and then I

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could fuck her first but not mark her. That makes a

jealous remark, I ran my tongue over my teeth,

if you remember correctly, you all were

his hand against the counter, I observed the fire swirl within his eyes,

because I didn’t want her, James. But that is what you want

Damian.” He snorted, “you didn’t want to be tied down.

I snapped, “I wanted her to have a normal life, dammit. Was that so

scoffed. At one point in time, we all wanted

refused what I told them to do,

to leave, James. Even if I said to

in our heads and made us feel like we had no choice. We all love her, and you

with a smirk crossing my arms over my chest, “she was gifted to

her as my mate that there were going to be problems. The idea of one woman being mated to the four of us was just asking for

and the

time, but now I wanted it more than anything. I wanted