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. 

else, which caused the entire scene in the hallway. Not only that, but the word had  gotten out, leading to Lucas hearing

seemed to travel very quickly around this place,

bad,” Silas said

reason. And, in fact, if

said?” I asked him as I opened my eyes and stared back

it, they assumed that we were hooking up, which of course, we didn’t. And then, they saw Lucas act the way he

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,

happen?” Silas gave me a meek smile, and that smile let me know he hadn’t entirely told them the

of that, I had 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

feet, I shook my head and quickly turned, heading back down the path toward the building we stayed in. The last thing I

was best not to say anything at all. So that was what I was

  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

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

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,

What else is there that we need to discuss? You made it very clear the guys here,

people thought I was. I was 18 years old, trying to figure out my life and where I wanted to go.

a rebellious

didn’t mean I was ready to stand toe to toe with  the 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

losing her to the back of my mind, 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 be the solace I was looking for, and instead, had become just as much a

and closed his mouth as if he wanted to say something but wasn’t sure. “Will you please just have dinner

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 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

shoulders, gesturing with my hand that yes, I would. A bright white. smile crept across Silas’s face at my acknowledgment to go to dinner with him. He was pleased, and honestly, I