And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 146: Mistakes with a Mate Cassie.

Staring at my brother, I was completely pissed by the way he had approached me in the hallway, as if he was my keeper and had a say in everything I did. One, he didn’t have a single clue what had happened that night with Silas or Lucas, and two, I was an adult. If I wanted to fuck three men in a night-which I didn’t-that wasn’t his place for him to say I couldn’t.

The last thing I had expected as I stood there trying to decide how badly I was going to beat my brother for talking to me the way he was in front of all these people was for Trixie-sweet, kind Trixie-to jump in and defend me.

She stood fiercely in front of me, looking down at Pollux, who lay on the ground, staring up at her in shock, just as the rest of us were.

Had anyone else done this, he would have shifted and caused all kinds of torment, but with her, he didn’t. It took me a minute to process what was going on, but as I

watched him staring at her in utter disbelief with his eyes wide and his mouth parted, it suddenly dawned on me the reason why he hadn’t jumped up.

Trixie was mated to my brother, and she had no idea.

Part of me had suspected something was up after the dinner we had with Odin where he quickly backed down once his eyes landed upon Trixie, but I had just cut it to him. not wanting to start shit in Odin’s dining hall.

Laughter filled me as Trixie turned, glancing over her shoulder in my direction. “What are you talking about?

What is karma?”

Quickly knocked from the trance he was in, Pollux jumped to his feet and brushed himself off. “Keep your fucking hands off me.”

His comment was directed towards Trixie, and with wide eyes, I scoffed, shaking my head. “Seriously, brother? Are you not going to tell her?”

Trixie looked between Pollux and me, and he shook his head once more, not saying anything. I couldn’t help but laugh. My brother, the man who had been all about mates his entire life, was finally paired with his, and he wasn’t going to take the initiative.

“Wow. Are you fucking kidding me? This is what you’ve waited for forever, and you’re not going to say anything?” I was in shock and complete, utter disbelief at how my brother was acting. It honestly didn’t make any sense.

Unless it was because she wasn’t a shifter.

Considering this thought, I narrowed my gaze at him and was absolutely pissed that he would reject her because she wasn’t a shifter. “If you’re not accepting because-”

fuck yourself, Cassie,” he snapped, cutting me

wanted to chase after him and beat him for how he was acting, for how he was treating Trixie, a girl who was nothing but kind

pass over both Sansa and Trixie, who cleared her throat with her arms crossed her chest,

“What just happened?”

With a groan, I closed my eyes, pinching the bridge of my nose, trying to figure out

always you?” Sansa asked. “Can you

going to let this go. Both of them are going to want

sighed, glancing around at all the listening bodies that stood nearby.

Sansa both looked at each other before Trixie

something as simple as a coffee shop just like they had

you before that this place isn’t much different from the human realm.” Trixie laughed as she looped her arm through mine. “I can’t wait

she wanted. It was far more -complicated, and as much as I wanted to tell her, I was conflicted about

would take it well, but then… the other part worried she would be heartbroken. I wasn’t sure how pixies picked their mates, but I hoped she wouldn’t take this

had remembered going to back home. Coffee shops that had coffee machines, countertops filled with delicious foods, and a variety of different music

rustic decor and antique pieces lined with cobwebs high up on shelves. The walls were burgundy with white accent trim, and a lady with fiery red hair and golden

seemed to line the walls, and were filled with other students mingling. But as the girls and I collected our drinks and sat down, I couldn’t help but wonder if perhaps I should put off telling

tried to look anywhere but at Sansa and Trixie. After a moment, though, Sansa cleared her throat, and my

you going to sit there and keep

“Sorry, I just didn’t think I’d

she nodded her head. “It’s okay if you don’t want to talk about

my brother should be here explaining this, and with everything

closing her mouth, Trixie frowned. “What are you talking

as she gasped in shock. “Oh my god. OH MY GOD, are

‘p’. “It would

sighed in a very dramatic fashion that caught both Sansa’s and my attention.

with your kind? Do you guys have mate bonds, or do you like

the tea, so to speak. I mean, there was nothing like confusing the girl by blurting out that my asshole brother was her

“What

humor me,” I pleaded, rolling