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. 

had overheard a conversation between him and somebody else, which caused the entire scene in the hallway. Not only that, but the word had  gotten out, leading to Lucas hearing what

seemed to travel very quickly around this place, and that was something I did

wasn’t what you thought. I don’t know what your brother told you, but I promise… Nothing was bad,” Silas said  quickly, causing me to halt and

very thoroughly through all of this. Silas didn’t  come across as the kind of guy who would just say shit for no reason. And,

eyes and stared back

finally met mine once again. “A few of the guys saw us talking the other night, and because of it, they

his words 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 more happened than actually

happen?” Silas gave me a

through, but on top of that, I had to deal with everything else in my life constantly spiraling 

we were meant to be, and instead, it reminded me so much of high school,

toward the building we stayed in. The last thing I wanted to do was say something mean to Silas and cause even

me if I didn’t have anything nice to  say, it was best not to say anything at all. So that was what I

feet rushing after me, his hand gripping my upper arm

me. I want to talk to you about this. In fact, there’s a lot that I want to talk to you about,” he

but sincerity in his gaze, and as much as I wanted to tell him to go fuck himself and never put his hands on me again, part of me couldn’t help but want to give him that chance to explain and

discuss? You made it very clear the

18 years old, trying to figure out my life

I have a rebellious nature? Absolutely.

world as if I had my shit together. What I wanted was to  be able to come here and heal from everything that had happened, including losing Melissa, the woman

couldn’t fix. However, this place turned out not to be

closed his mouth as if he

fool to agree to have dinner with him, but I was  curious to know exactly what it was he was going to do to fix things. Taking him up on this offer was not going to make

with my hand that yes, I would. A bright white. smile crept across