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.

then. I will bring him back. I will

and instantly had healed. I was still in shock over how these gods and goddesses could work magic, but

care of for everything that he has done here. If it had not been for the strength of you and your mates, none

have been possible, but I

do anything to make sure

done again,” he replied as he looked at Frigga. “As much

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

now packs without Alpha’s and wolves without

when it did, We would have to be ready. We would have to realize that standing together would be our

As soon as you leave, I will close the portal and seal it from

their problem to bear. I, however, was left with nothing but kind words

my celestial orbs take in the shimmering portal, and with a wave of my hand, I closed and sealed it forever. Never again would their realm walk amongst

with me in spirit, and I want you to know that I need you. We all do. It doesn’t matter to

going to do this, we need to do it soon,” Hale said softly as he knelt down at

I was supposed to bring him back, but somewhere deep inside me, I

there was something that

sure what’s going to happen to us, but it could be painful. I just

They were well aware of what was being asked of them. “To give life, I must take life. I must replace the mortality of four for the

been laying under my skin floated freely, and within that darkness, I found a speck of

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

eyes flew open, I saw the swirling mass of blue and white auras coming from my mates

life that we had to give Damian to bring

him… and bind him to

“I love you, Damian.”

The pain was unlike anything I had ever felt before, and with one final, death-stricken scream, I shove the last of what I

if this was simply something else, but slowly slipped

back to me. I can’t do

*****

Hale.

power as 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 into Damian. It was like the

been stripped of us,

our minds, no longer hiding from the Lycan beasts that had always