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

the wound on Damien’s neck, and instantly had healed. I was still in shock over how these gods and goddesses could work magic,

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

but I do ask

it? I will do anything to make sure that I have my mate back,” I replied with

need to close this gate once more. 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

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 Council members who had

without Alpha’s and

did, We would have to be

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

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 those who had come with them disappeared from

a wave of my hand, I closed and sealed it

Damian, a sob escaped my throat as I came closer and brushed the hair from his face. “My love, I know that you can hear me. Odin said that you were here with me in spirit, and I want you to know that I need you. We all do. It doesn’t matter to me if you

softly as he knelt down at my side, staring

I was supposed to bring him back, but somewhere deep

like there was something that I could use to give

to us, but it could be painful. I just need you

in agreement. 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

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

had been before Damian had gone missing, I used it to pull the light towards me. How I

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

give Damian

connections would save him… and bind him to

“I love you, Damian.”

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

was simply something else, but slowly slipped into the darkness. Watching Damian’s body fade from my sight

come back to me. I can’t do this

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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

been stripped of us, and we

wolves were now free in our minds, no longer hiding from the Lycan beasts that