And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 113: Vengeance is Best Served Cold

James.

When Damian was killed, I felt like a piece of me had been ripped away. I wasn’t sure how it had been possible, but my brother had been taken from me, and I let out a howl of de spair into the air.

Ivy’s scream shook all of us and not just the wolves of her pack but those of our enemies as well. I never heard anything like it before, but watching her drop to her knees next to Damian, crying, nearly killed me.

‘They will all die for this.’ Talon said through our link.

‘Kill them all.’ Hale replied with a snarl.

War had come for us, and regardless of the situation, we weren’t going to let them get away with killing Damian. We weren’t going to let them get away with anything.

Before I could step forward, a force surrounded me, hold ing me in place. I tried with all my might to move, but I could not. And suddenly, a shift was forced over me, turning me back into the human body I usually held.

‘What’s going on?!’ | yelled through the link. ‘Something made me shift back.’

‘Me too.’ Talon growled.

‘It seems it has for all of us. Something is happening.’ Hale replied.

He wasn’t wrong. Something was happening.

A buzzing under my skin started to burn like fire, and a voice deep inside me spoke with it. ‘It’s almost time.’

What was almost time? Was this the beast lvy freed?’.

I tried to fight against what was happening but was un able. A force pushed against me, and the beast came forward snarling. Watching, I saw the wolves of our enemies stepping backward. Their ears lay back as they seemed to look at each other with confusion and uncertainty.

It was obvious I was something to fear. Something they shouldn’t get involved with, and I would tear them apart with my new form.

My eyes cast towards where Ivy was, and watching, I saw the power building within her. She was magnificent, and though I couldn’t hear what she was saying, the moment a roar sounded and the wolves started the battle once more, she shot a source of power toward the man in front of her with fury.

“Kill them all.”

My beast growled before he threw himself at our enemies, slowly tearing them apart. His hunger for blood was a feeling! would never be able to forget.

Ivy. 

When Damien died, chaos consumed my soul like nothing I had ever felt before. A scream ripped through me I wasn’t

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the tears streamed down my face, fell to

from his eyes had slipped away, and

cried out softly, trying to understand why some one would want to kill him. Trying to understand

and Damian’s brothers resonated through the air. The mo ment his heart stopped beating, we felt the snap of his bond, and with

be controlled, and with him gone, the circle

circle… that was what

As my eyes snapped to him with hatred

and nothing you can do will open it.” His

about or why this man would act the way he did, but as I tried to calm my racing

free. “What portal?”

sly grin, the haze washed over him like a waterfall, washing away debris. He changed before my eyes,

his shoulders were the first things that caught my attention. The man before me stood with pale skin covered in black and green

was familiar, and his mischievous grin let me know he had expected

are you, exactly? Because nothing about you

that’s a shame,” he replied with

struction he caused.

going to kill him. “You have no idea who I am,

you?”

so they have pro claimed. But now the circle is broken, you will never reach that

words, a roar sounded, and the battle com menced

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pushed from

what you think,” I snarled as my eyes washed over black, releasing the power inside me. A power that had been slowly growing over time. Slowly

darkness… perhaps

I wanted was revenge for my

me and directed my power at him. It caught him off guard, and as it did, he tried to shield himself and failed. Step by step, I moved

I turned, I growled at her, watching as she stared at me, baring her teeth.

charged at me, and as she did, I slid past her, twisting and turning with every snap of her jaw. I wasn’t going to let her get me, and movement after movement, I pushed

her hot on my tail. | wasn’t sure where the man had gone, but after | dealt with her, he was going to

me flying to the ground, but as I turned on my knees, I stared

eyes. “Are you ready to

close to a snort, and as she did, she lunged, which was her biggest mistake. Grabbing her, I jumped onto her back, wrapping my arms around

staring down at her slowly shifting body. She lay there, eyes wide, gasping for air as she clawed at her

you,” I muttered with venom. “You have caused far too much damage to my family for me to

As I stared down at her, the look in her eyes fed the primal animal inside

a

the man, and his glaring