And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 149: Date with a Dragon

When I agreed to go to dinner with Silas, the last thing I had expected was for him to go completely all out. The mo- ment I stepped out of the white-pillared building I stayed in under Oden’s watchful eye, I was met with Silas’s smiling face.

He wasn’t dressed casually like I would have assumed, but instead was dressed in black slacks, a dark purple button-up shirt rolled up to his sleeves, and even dress shoes. His entire outfit screamed money, and from the glimmer of lust hidden beneath his gaze, I felt completely underdressed in my blue. sundress.

Stepping slowly down the stone staircase, my hand gently sliding against the railing, I stared at him with hesitation and uncertainty.

“Uh I thought you said that we were going to dinner. Why are you so dressed up?”

Laughter escaped him as he spun in a small circle holding his hands out as if to give me a better look. “Well, I wanted to impress you, Cassie. Did it work?”

Impress me? Why the hell would he want to do that?

The guy barely knew me at all.

As laughter escaped me unexpectedly, I nodded, shrug- ging my shoulders. “You can say that. You look like you’re ready to go somewhere fancy. Is that what we’re doing?”

Asking him where we were going only led to an even big- ger smile. I honestly didn’t see how his lips could spread that wide across his face, but he did look absolutely ravishing when he smiled like that. “I can’t spoil the surprise, Cassie. You’re going to have to trust me.”

Trust. That wasn’t something easily given, but deciding to try and take my own advice, I ignored my head telling me to cancel the whole thing because it was wrong and instead went with my gut urging me forward.

The night was cool, and the clear skies above made for a perfect evening. The realm didn’t have cars or any form of motor transportation like the human realm. Everyone seemed to walk here, which allowed for tons of conversation.

To which Silas never ran out of. “So, tell me a bit about yourself.”

Glancing to my left, I let a small breath escape me as I tried to figure out what to tell him. It wasn’t like I was comfort- able when it came to speaking about myself, but if I was go- ing to try and be more ‘trying’ if you want to call it that, then I would have to be.

“Well, there is a lot to know-can you be more specific?”

“Sure.” He chuckled as we passed building after building, heading down the cobbled street. The only dim

lighting. around were the fire-lit street lamps that stood along the road. “Why don’t you tell me what your old school was like? I take it you just graduated.”

it’s no different than your schools… I

any stupider than I already felt.

shoulder again. “It’s okay. I’m not like the others

say that made me feel a lot better about my current situation. As much as Silas reminded me of the fuck boys back

be deceiving, or I was just being stupid, and he was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. Either way, I was fucked

I realized we had left the street of the city and ended up walking down more backroads that led towards a grassy green clearing. “Where are

in. the shadows

floral bushes. No matter where the darkness looked through, the double moons above let light glisten around the area, shimmering off the lake

caused my gaze to shift in his direction as I quickly closed

is. But why are we out here? I thought you said we were

my hand in his, he led me forward and past the treeline closer to the water. It was then I saw what he had set up, and the breath was slowly taken

was piled with different fruits, meats, and cheeses elegantly placed with such precision that if Silas had really done all this himself, it must have taken a lot of time. “This is amazing, you did all of

to face him, he stood behind me with his hands in his pockets as he shrugged his shoulders and smiled. His hair fell softly in front of one eye, causing him to quickly brush it back on top of his head. “I wanted to make you something special. Since the

said, this definitely wasn’t just a friendly

me, he gestured for me to take a seat, and without hesitation, I did. This was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for

not like how I expected you

only cares about him- self and wants to get in

blush settled over my

I did, and then, of course, voiced it. Silas, however, didn’t seem bothered at all. In

it down. I wasn’t sure ex- actly what it was, but from the glass decanter in front of us, I assumed it was

yet. And to answer your comment from earlier, I actual- ly come from your

me upon hearing him. “How? I mean-you

shaking his head. “Is that

you don’t

was true, he didn’t seem like he came from my realm but nodding his head, I had a feeling he was going to explain. “That’s because when I was there, the atmosphere was proba- bly much different from how

to understand his

let’s just say that I’m much older than my boyish

part of me had never considered other creatures could as

then.” The statement caused me to pause as I instantly thought of how wrong it came out. “That’s not

with a lust-filled gaze that made a heat rush through me I hadn’t expected. It was weird how eas- ily I was able to fall into conversation with him and feel com- fortable. Initially,