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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streamed down my face, fell to my knees before

had slipped away, and with it,

want to kill him. Trying to understand

and Damian’s brothers resonated through the air. The mo ment his heart

to be controlled, and with him gone, the

that was what this

circle and diminish everything. They were fucking idiots. As my eyes snapped to him with hatred and anger in my gaze, 1 contemplated his words. “What do you

and nothing you can do will open it.” His

did, but as I tried to calm my racing mind, I attempted to push back the power,

free. “What portal?”

waterfall, washing away debris. He changed before my eyes, and as he came back into

eyes as black as night with midnight blue hair hung loosely down over 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 this reaction. “The portal that

Because nothing about

a shame,” he

mate in front of me, 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

him. “You have no idea who I am,

you?”

eyebrow, the corner of his 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. Everyone you love will

words, a roar sounded, and the battle com menced again. Some of my warriors

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pushed from the treeline. Richard

I snarled as my eyes washed over black, releasing the power inside me. A power that had been slowly growing over time. Slowly leaking out and infecting the people around

was darkness… perhaps

this moment, I didn’t care. The only thing I wanted was revenge for my fallen mate. Revenge for the

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

I growled at her, watching as she stared at me, baring her teeth. Her golden wolf was ready to rip me apart, yet |

with every snap of her jaw. I wasn’t going to let

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

ground, but as I turned on my knees, I stared at the salivating

eyes. “Are you

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

a yelp, and I stood staring down at her slowly shifting body. She lay there, eyes wide, gasping for air as

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

her heart. As I stared down at her, the look in her eyes fed the primal animal inside me. Blood lust filled me, and her fear

and killing her caused a loud

the man, and his glaring