And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 114: Bring Him Back

Staring up at the eyes of the man who stepped through the portal, my ears almost went deaf from what he had said. Not only did he

say he was Odin… as in the freaking God of Gods… but he was also my fucking dad.

“What are you talking about?” I was a chaotic mess, and as the tears flowed freely down my face, I tried to wrap my mind around what had happened. The war might have been over, but the problem was Damian was gone.

With him gone, it had all been for nothing.

My heart was absolutely broken.

“I mean exactly what I said, my daughter. I am your actual father, though the circumstances behind that are not as you would expect.”

“So you’re telling me that my father is actually a God and the man Zane, who had proclaimed to be my father, wasn’t?” I asked with confusion. There was no way this was possible, that I was the daughter of Odin.

He stared at me for a moment before Frigga nudged him, catching his attention. No words came from her mouth, but instead, she nodded to Damian and cocked an expectant brow.

“Of course, dear,” he replied under his breath before turning and making his way toward Damian.

I wasn’t quite sure what they were planning on doing, but Odin wasted no time in kneeling at Damian’s side, his eyes gazing over

the wound on Damian’s neck with concern. “Please, don’t take him from me.”

My words caused him to turn his gaze towards me with furrowed brows. “Your mate has not passed over into the land of the dead yet. His spirit still lingers here with us now. I can heal his wounds, but it is up to you and his brothers to bring him back.”

“Bring him back? We can do that?” James’s voice said in shock.

Turning my gaze behind me, I looked at my three mates, who had all shifted back. They stared with tears in their eyes, and hope on their faces. Never had I seen them this upset before, but Damian was their brother.

He was the person they had always looked up to.

“Yes, my children, you can bring your brother back. But it is also down to him if he wishes to return. He may be here in spirit among us, but his will is what will drive him to stay with you.”

Nothing but riddles floated in the air between us all. I wasn’t quite sure whether we could make it happen, but if we had to, I would do whatever it took to bring him back to me.

will do it even if it takes every ounce

towards Damien’s lifeless body. He waved his hand over the wound on Damien’s neck, and instantly had healed. I was still in shock over how these gods and goddesses could work magic, but as soon as he was done, he turned

of for everything that he has done here. If it had not been for the strength

but I do ask one

do anything to make sure that I have my

That way, no one can come back through who isn’t supposed to be here. It was done before, but it will need to be done again,” he replied as he looked at Frigga. “As much as we would love to be able to come and go…. we cannot. It isn’t safe for the human realm

too much power in the realm of where they lived for the mortal realm to be able to withstand it. We had our own issues here, and while the Council members

were now packs without Alpha’s and wolves without

more than likely come one day, and when it did, We would have to be ready. We would have to realize that standing together would be our only way to

you leave, I will close

turned back to the shimmering portal in the air. Loki had been cast back and was now their problem to bear. I, however, was left with nothing but kind words from Frigga before her and Odin, and

of my hand, I closed and sealed it forever. Never

his face. “My love, I know that you can hear me. Odin said that you were here with me in spirit, and I want

it soon,” Hale said softly as he knelt down at my side, staring at his brother, who lay

wasn’t sure how I was supposed to bring him back, but somewhere

something that I could use to give him

be

asked of them. “To

myself. The darkness that had once been laying under my skin floated freely,

our family had been before Damian had gone missing, I used it to pull the light towards me. How I felt about him, the love that I had for him and his brothers, I pulled every ounce of it forward

of blue and white auras coming from my mates and I. The essence of our being. The

life that we had to give Damian to

save him… and bind him to use

“I love you, Damian.”

and with one final, death-stricken scream, I shove the last of what I had straight at Damian watching his

around me. I wasn’t sure if I was dying or if this was simply something else, but slowly slipped into the darkness. Watching Damian’s body fade from my sight like the closing of

me. I can’t do this

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Hale.

I did from Ivy. She had poured everything she had and pulled every ounce of power we had out of us and into her before pushing it, projecting it

of us, and we were left as

our minds, no longer hiding from the Lycan beasts