And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 148: Words with Silas 

Cassie. 

I hadn’t expected to run into Silas on the way home, but now that I was faced with him, I was actually pleased. I had allowed myself to face a moment of weakness by letting my heart play tricks on my mind. To think the mate thing was actually possible with Lucas was a stupid decision to begin  with. 

Pulling from Silas, I quickly wiped away my tears and pushed a smile on my face. 

“God, I feel completely stupid,” I whispered as I gazed up  into his hazel eyes, “uh–so how are you?” 

Silas gazed down at me, giving a small chuckle as he ‘reached up, rubbing the back of his neck as if hesitant to speak. “I’m okay. I actually was coming to see you, but I can. see that whatever I had to say can wait… what’s going on? Why are you crying?” 

He was coming to see me? The thought was sweet, but I wasn’t sure why he would have been going out of his way to see me. “Uh, nothing. I’m not sad, more angry than anything.” 

“Angry about what?” 

Shrugging my shoulders, I turned and made my way toward a small bench that sat off the edge of the sidewalk. “Men–in more precise measures, Lucas. It’s all stupid and not important, honestly.” 

Silas followed my movements as he came to sit next to me. He didn’t bother to push for more information and instead nudged my shoulder with his own, causing me to smile. 

“Well, the topic of men was the reason why I was coming to see you. I wasn’t sure if your brother had spoken with you yet, but I wanted to explain myself.” 

Confusion filled me as I furrowed my brow, staring at him, trying to figure out what exactly he was talking about. Taking a moment, I thought back to when my brother  confronted me in the hallway at the school, and suddenly what he had said dawned on me.  that was 

“So when he said the guys were talking about me, you?” The sheepish grin that crossed Silas’s face at my question let me know it was exactly what he was talking about. 

hallway. Not only that, but the word had  gotten out,

place, and that

I promise… Nothing was bad,” Silas said  quickly, causing me to halt and what I was going to

for no reason. And, in fact, if he was the Playboy kind of guy. Why would he even bother to come here and try

said?” I asked him as I opened my eyes and stared back into the bluish–green haziness

of his neck, his eyes darted around before they finally met mine once again. “A few of the guys saw us talking the other night, and because of it, they assumed that we were hooking

as he spoke, and nodding my head, I  followed along the best I could, trying to understand his point of view. However, if these guys have made  assumptions, why had he not corrected them? Because obviously, they were letting people believe that

you correct them to prevent them from · spreading these ridiculous rumors over something that didn’t even happen?” Silas gave me a meek smile, and that smile

to deal with everything else in my life constantly spiraling 

instead, it reminded me so much of high school, so much of the drama, I was glad to get rid of when I graduated.

quickly turned, heading back down the path toward the building we stayed in. The last thing I wanted to do was say something mean to

nice to  say, it was best not to say anything at all. So that

Silas had other plans because as soon as I started  heading down the sidewalk, he was on his feet rushing after me, his hand gripping my upper arm as he stopped me in my tracks and turned me to face

this. In fact, there’s a lot that I want to talk

as I wanted to tell him to go fuck himself and never put his hands

to fix what has already happened, Silas? What else is there that we need to discuss? You made it very clear the guys here, and probably a lot of

18 years old, trying to figure out my life

I have a rebellious nature? Absolutely.

shit together. What I wanted was to  be able to come here and heal from everything that had

not trying to dwell on it what had happened because it was a situation I couldn’t fix. However, this place turned out not to

as if he wanted to say something but wasn’t sure. “Will

fix things. Taking him up on this offer was not going to make anything better between Lucas and me. But honestly, after the way Lucas had treated me today, regardless of what he assumed to be true… I had no reason to say

gesturing with my hand that yes, I would. A bright white. smile crept across Silas’s face at my