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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to me. As the tears streamed down my face, fell

his eyes had slipped away, and

to understand why some one would want to kill him. Trying to understand why they hated

the air. The mo ment his heart stopped beating, we felt the snap of his bond, and

be controlled, and with him

circle… that was what this

my eyes snapped to him with hatred and anger in my gaze, 1 contemplated his words. “What do

shall forever be closed, and nothing you can do will open it.” His words were riddles, and I was honestly over

about or why this man would act the way he did, but as

free. “What portal?”

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

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

grin let me know he had expected this reaction. “The portal that

are you, exactly? Because nothing

that’s a shame,” he

he was relishing the de struction he caused. Standing to my feet slowly, I let the pow er within me build up. My heart raced, and my fists clenched so tight

kill him. “You have no idea who

you?”

lip twitched at my response. “You’re the goddess of Earth… or so they have pro claimed. But now the circle is broken, you will never reach that potential. The portal will never open, and I will rule over this realm.

a roar sounded, and the battle com menced again.

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pushed from the

over black, releasing the power inside me. A power that had been slowly growing over time. Slowly

I was darkness… perhaps I

for my fallen mate. Revenge for the

off guard, and as it did, he tried to shield himself and failed. Step by step, I moved closer, watching him struggle under me before

at me, baring her teeth. Her

did, I slid past her, twisting and turning with every snap of her jaw. I wasn’t going to let

hot on my tail. | wasn’t sure where the man had gone, but after |

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

“Are you ready to

she did, she lunged, which was her biggest mistake. Grabbing her, I jumped onto her back, wrapping my arms around her neck, slowly crushing her windpipe

I stood 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 al low you to go free. This time, I will make sure that you have no way to come

in deep, grabbing her heart. As I stared down at her, the look in her eyes fed the

a loud roar of anger

the man, and his glaring