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.

bring him back. I will do it even if it takes

head, bending down 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,

will be taken care of for everything that he has done here. If it had not been for the strength of you

have been possible, but I do

I will do anything to make sure that I have my

again,” he replied as he looked at Frigga. “As much as we would love to be able to come and go…. we cannot. It

realized what he’s saying. There was 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

without

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

will close the portal

air. Loki had been cast back and was now their problem to bear. I, however, was left with nothing but kind words from

orbs take in the shimmering portal, and with a wave of my hand, I

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

if we’re going to do this, we need to do it soon,” Hale said softly as

to bring him back, but somewhere deep inside me, I felt like there

that I could use to give him

could be painful. I just need you to bear with me… this is for

them nodded in agreement. They were well aware of what was being asked of them. “To give life, I must take

deep within myself. The darkness that had once been laying under my skin floated freely, and within that darkness, I found a speck of

missing, I used it to pull the light towards me. How I felt about him, the love that I had

flew open, I saw the swirling mass of blue and white auras coming from my mates and I. The essence of our being. The life force for which

only life that we had to give Damian to bring

save him… and bind

“I love you, Damian.”

the louder my screams of pain echoed from my throat. The pain was unlike anything I had ever felt before, and with one final, death-stricken scream, I shove the last of what I had straight at Damian watching his body glow with a light I had never seen

simply something else, but

to me. I can’t do

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Hale.

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 life had been almost sucked out of me, and in

had been stripped of us, and we were left

minds, no longer hiding from the