And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 70: Loving Talon

Three days. It’s been three days since we arrived back at the pack and Talon was still out of it. Damian had the pack doctor long ago pull Talon from sedation, but with the effects of the poisoning, it was hard to bring him back.

Or at least that is what they kept telling me.

Standing beneath the hot cascading water of my shower, I tried to wash away all of my misery. My heart was shattered upon hearing that we may have been too late to save him. His mind was so far gone that the doctors didn’t know if forcing a fix would be good.

I knew what they were telling me was true, but at the same time, I didn’t want to hear it. I didn’t want to hear them tell me that someone I cared about might never come back to me.

“Ivy?” Damians” voice called softly while knocking on the bathroom door. “Are you okay?”

Laughter escaped me in a maniacal way, “are you seriously asking me that?” Reaching up, I twisted the shower knobs, turned off the water, and slowly opened the glass shower door. “I’m broken, Damian.”

He stared at me with a blank expression, as if he had never had someone explain to him that they were hurt. Damian was a different kind of man, and every day I spent with him, I was reminded that things between him and I were far from normal.

He could be sweet and gentle. There were also moments when he made my heart flutter, and he excited me. But most of the time, he was cold and indifferent.

I didn’t understand what was going through his mind, but I was sure that one day I would understand. There was just too much to figure out and only time would be able to tell me everything. Time right now I didn’t have to give to him.

“I’m sorry about Talon,” Damian finally said as I pushed past him into my room to get dressed. A hollow pit formed in my chest hearing Talon’s name, and once again tears began to form.

“Did they say what poison it was yet?” I asked, trying to maintain my composure.

“The results of the test should be available today. Hale is there with him now, and James is looking into leads that will tell us who is behind it.”

It was comforting to know that everyone was doing something to figure out what happened, but at the same time I already had a feeling I knew who it was.

“I think it was Allison,” I said with a heavy breath. “I think she did this, Damian.”

Pulling my shirt over my head, I turned to face him now in a t-shirt and shorts. His eyes lingered over me for a moment, and as much as I would have loved to have him ravish me right now, I couldn’t even come to think of doing things like that.

“Kate told me that was your thoughts. However, we can’t just go accusing her until we have information to peg her with it.”

Like that was going to happen. If Allison did have something to do with it she wouldn’t leave a trace behind to track that it was her. It was frustrating, but I had to have faith something would bring light to the truth.

“Okay.” The soft reply that escaped my lips seemed to surprise him. His brow raised slightly as he stared at me, and quickly! broke the gaze we held.

“Okay?” He asked with curiosity. “You’re not going to fight me on this?”

Shaking my head, I chuckled, “no Damian. You’re right we can’t just go around accusing people. We need to make sure that we have solid information against her or whoever did it. I don’t want to give them a reason to get away with it.”

Voices outside my bedroom door caused Damian and I to halt our conversation before James and Kate entered the room. “James…”

“Oh, sorry, did we interrupt something?” Kate asked, looking between Damian and I with an apologetic glance.

“No, no. He was just filling me in on Talon.”

Chapter 70: Loving Talon

“Oh, good,” James smiled, clasping his hands together, that’s why we’re here.”

Damian gave him a look of question, and James didn’t miss a beat when it came to elaborating, “Talon’s results are in… and he is awake.

them all and took off running down the stairs from the pack house.

I had been waiting for, for days. Talon was awake,

a gasp as I flew past them and turned the corner,

he said addressing me by a title I hadn’t been called by anyone before. “I was just going to get a few things before you got

awake? Did you find out what is hurting him.-. is it the

My hands trembling, and my heart was

in time before,

right, Luna. It was Bella Donna. However, with the amount in his system and some of the damage we could

a million pieces as I fought back the tears that threatened to

we know how

caught my attention, and without looking, I already knew who it was. James, Hale, and Damian stood

lips as I waited

honestly don’t know how he

the information, “so around

then yes, but honestly, I think it started before that,” he replied with a frown. “I’m going to get his next injection. If

I quickly turned to look at the guys with shock. “Restrained?

James said with a sad glance

for everyone’s protection.” Damian quickly interjected. “I need to make sure that our people

As much as they may have wanted me to understand, there was no way that I could. Talon the man I knew

laying there sick, and they had him tied up like a criminal

stormed into Talon’s room and shut the door behind me. I didn’t want them present right now, because my focus couldn’t be

Talon and seeing him

ankles were tied down by thick Velcro straps that didn’t seem to have any

in shock. He struggled against his restraints as if scared of me, and I couldn’t understand why. “Get

trying to hold myself together,

to even look at me. The rejection broke me further as I moved closer to

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yelled at me, his fangs elongating, and his eyes swirling black. “You’re not real! You’re dead! I’m not playing

he thinks

the tears fell, “I’m not dead… I’m

sure what had happened to him while he was out there or why someone would want to hurt him like they did.

standing before him, and I

and a roar echoed from his

at them, “let me

against them was no use. Damian’s arms around my waist were like a vise I couldn’t shake. All I could do was watch

bond between them, and as I watched Talon, calm tears streamed down

eyes met mine with the same confusion I had,

from him coursing through me in a

look at me,” I begged him, still fighting against Damian. “Fucking let me go,

to go before you get hurt.” He snapped as he hauled me out of the room.

telling me what I was and wasn’ t doing. Perhaps, he was

snapped back at him, clenching my fists at my side. “Move

becoming the fiercest Luna I have ever

but right now it did nothing but anger

not ask you again, wolf. Get the fuck out