And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 76: Glowing Surprises

Placing my hand on my head, I groaned at the slowly forming headache at the base of my skull. I wanted to believe everything had been a dream, but I knew better. My life was far more complicated than that.

I was shocked though, that none of the guys were here to greet me as I awoke. As I took the opportunity to look around again, I took note I was freshly washed and changed into a clean pair of clothes.

However, that wasn’t what intrigued me the most. It was, instead, how brightly colored everything seemed to be. It was as if someone had completely enhanced the color and view of every object around me as I slept.

My senses overloaded as I let it all soak in. “This is different,” I mumbled as I slipped from the bed and padded my way into the bathroom. Looking in the mirror, 1 caught a glimpse of myself. Long reddish-brown hair hung down to my waist, healthy and shining.

The sight almost caught me off guard, but what caused my heart to quicken was the color of my eyes.

An iridescent sheen of blue stared back at me. The various shades illuminated against the white of my eyes. It was shocking to remember looking one way, and then suddenly waking up to see you have completely changed.

“Holy shit. What the fuck is this?!” 1 exclaimed, looking in the mirror. “My eyes look like the aura lights. The hell… Oh, they really do have a sense of humor, don’t they?”

Pinching the bridge of my nose, I looked up towards the ceiling as if speaking to the sky itself. “Very fucking funny, Frigg. How the hell am I supposed to walk around looking like this? Damn it? This is what I meant by wanting to get back to my normal life!”

Frustration filled me but was quickly cut off as the sound of strained voices floated towards my ears. Damian was pissed off and arguing with someone below. I wasn’t sure why I could hear things this clearly but wasting no time, moved quickly from my room, and to my surprise, I was at the stairs faster than I expected.

Mental note: address that shit later.

I stared down at the foyer below. None of them noticed me as they stood on edge with three men I did not recognize standing before them. Two looked to be police or guards of some sort and the other was an elder man with an eerie disposition

“This is bullshit!” Damian roared. “Things came up, and we weren’t able to be there.”

“It doesn’t matter, Damian. We have to take you into custody for failure to appear. You’re lucky we aren’t taking you all.” the man snapped, not wanting to see reason.

I wasn’t sure what was going on, but I wasn’t going to let them take Damian anywhere. In a flash, I was down the stairs and standing next to Damian, staring up at the man in front of him with curiosity.

“My apologies, I’m Ivy. I don’t believe we have met before.”

They all looked at me, shocked, as the man looked towards the stairs, confused as to how I just appeared at Damian’s side. “You – Where did you just come from?”

Frowning, I bit my inner lip and shrugged, “I don’t understand what you mean. I have always been here. Now, what seems to be the problem?”

“Ivy-” Damian said softly as I quickly held up a finger, shushing him It was more subtle than me telling him to shut the fuck up in front of these men.

“You were all summoned to the council and refused to come. Therefore, we have to take him into custody-”

“Oh, please. I can explain that,” I smiled cheerfully, watching as the man’s eyes darted to the teeth. I hadn’t gotten a proper look at them being as distracted as I was, but as I ran my tongue over them, I could feel how sharp they were.

“Uh-I’m sorry, but this is pack business and I don’t know,” he replied, narrowing his brows as if to show he was better than I was

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to shake my hand. “I’m Ivy Thorne. Their mate and the Luna

ear, causing me to smirk, but never once did I let my

verify that,

I was saying… I don’t tolerate disrespect, sir. I have warmly introduced myself and have been willing to explain what’s

my hand as if getting me to release him was a difficult task. “I’ll

ready to shit themselves over how terrified they were. “Would you boys like some iced tea? Coffee perhaps.” I

the man coughed, rubbing his throat. “I see

words, “yes, of course, council elder. It was simply I was sick, and being a new mate, I have

perhaps reschedule for three days

I will all be present at the meeting. I am sure we

nod, he turned to his men, and the three of them scrambled from the front door that I quietly closed behind them.

the four men who had changed my life forever. Damian’s eyes were wide and his mouth parted slightly, as

in the background with their arms crossed over their chest

as I

around his neck as he

missed me, then. I always knew

him to laugh. “I don’t have favorites. I

here?” Darnian asked softly behind me. Turning my eyes met

you and James going to stand there and stare at

my waist, Crashing his lips against

did, and as he pulled away, I could feel how scared he was that

was dying?” I asked hun, watching

as I pulled away from Darnian and hugged him “It’s been almost

It’s been a few hours, or maybe a day, I gasped, staring

clear looking at them they were being sincere I had barely had

should go sit down.”

out more important things. “It can wait,” replied as I stepped towards the living room, knowing very well they were

the both of them, and

in one car as Talon

“How come I don’t

James as his growl said

as I kissed

I grinned, “bo care to fill

he took a seat across from me. “When you guys completed the

are trying to prove we are unfit