And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 66: Defying Damian

James POV

A few hours later and I couldn’t stop pacing the living room. She was planning something. I wasn’t sure what it was, but my gut feeling was hardly ever wrong about things.

“Would you stop pacing?” Damian sighed as he lifted his bourbon glass to his lips and shook his head. “It’s giving me a migraine.”

Stopping in my tracks, I stared at him with frustration. “She is planning something. I know it.”

“She has no idea where to look,” Hale reassured, “she wouldn’t be able to do anything. Now, if you would like to be helpful, we need to search through these books and find a cure for Bella Donna.”

Hale wouldn’t get off the issue of Bella Donna being the drug that was affecting Talon. The moment Ivy had suggested it, he had run with the idea, and he wouldn’t allow any other suggestion to be made.

“What makes you so sure it’s that?” Damian asked as if the idea was one he couldn’t wrap his mind around. “I don’t want us to assume something we aren’t sure of.”

Laying the book down in his hands, Hale sighed, shaking his head, “Ivy knows a lot more than you give her credit for, Damian. We need to start listening to the things she is telling us.”

“Do you honestly think I don’t?” Damian snapped, “I have been trying to protect her since the moment she got here and every time I turn around, you both or she is going against everything I say.”

“We all have fucked up in regards to lvy, Damian. Not just you, but me, Hale, and Talon have as well. If I could go back in time, would change things, but what happened made us stronger. She will be the Luna of this pack and even without the ceremony, she already is. We need to trust her.

Damian sat staring at us with disbelief. “Is this what you both think?”

Looking at Hale, he nodded in agreement with what I was saying. Ivy needed to be taken more seriously, and we didn’t agree with Damian trying to protect her from everything.

“Yes, and to top it off, she is changing.”

“Changing?” Damian asked with confusion, “what do you mean?”

“I know you can’t tell because you haven’t marked her, but something is different about her than it was before. Like something inside her is slowly waking up, and it really started to happen after Hale claimed her again.”

Silence fell between us as I took a seat, and Hale went back to his reading. Damian was not the kind of man to look vulnerable, but staring at him now, all I could see was fear in his eyes. He was afraid of what I said, and I wasn’t sure why he was afraid.

Damian had always been the strongest of all of us. He had been the one who had taken charge when our parents died. He was also the one who always took a back seat in things to make sure we were put first.

I didn’t understand it. In fact, his personality didn’t portray a man who would do something like that. Instead, he came off as cold and unlikeable. An Alpha who was ruthless and didn’t care for the feelings of others.

It was an act, though. My brothers and I knew the truth without him having to admit it.

was terrified of losing Ivy and even more terrified she

this,” Damian said, breaking the surrounding silence. “Maybe it’s time I give her a chance to be a part of this instead of always trying to push

smile lined my face, hearing his words. “I think that is a wise choice, brother. She is sleeping right now, so in the morning, I think we should all three

feet and put down his empty glass, “I’m going to head to bed. I

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joined him. “Hale, I take it you’re going to stay up for

as he read, and a nod was the only acknowledgment that I received. No matter how much he was trying to act normal, I could see the truth. He was far from being alright and that concerned

fix him like she was convinced she could fix

Ivy POV

Silence.

still black from the blanket of darkness that had clouded the land. I knew what my objective was, but thinking

I really making the right

waiting just outside. I knew that as soon as I left pack territory, the patrols would wake Damian, but by that point,

me freezing in my place at the bottom of the stairs. My eyes cast glances towards the open space, searching for a figure that

in his chair with his eyes trained on me. “I had a feeling you were up to something. Especially after James mentioned something about

I slowly moved forward, stopping in the entryway,

know,” he replied, catching me off guard. It wasn’t the response I had expected from

with this? The others would have chained me up to keep me

small smile as he nodded. “Yeah, I know. But I think you’re right, Ivy. I think it’s Bella Donna

“The guys wouldn’t have-”

else might have. Someone who is trying to cause

me, and to be honest, I wasn’t sure who that would be. There were so many people that were close to us and Allison wouldn’t

She needed them.

you think it’s Allison?” I asked with hesitation, unsure of

useful to her if we are alive. Otherwise, she has no way to get to power. Regardless if Damian is sitting

“That’s not good.”

moved me forward without a second thought until he pulled me onto his lap. “No, it’s

his in a gentle

never let me down, Ivy. Even though I have changed from how I was before, I want you to know it isn’t you. I am trying to find the person I was before I lost you. Honestly,

know what it was like to have siblings, considering I was an only child, but I could feel the pain of his missing brother through the link. He had opened himself to me emotionally, and the pain of losing

said again as I kissed him, “but I have to go now before

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Lv.1

a grin. I still remembered what he had told me before about twins and needing to mate together, but after everything I had

was how I produced an heir…

didn’t bother to correct them on because having children right now was not on the agenda. Although some day