And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 154: Rejected

Cassie.

For two days, I didn’t see hide nor hair of Lucas. In fact, all of us had looked for him, and yet… nothing. I was worried, which the others thought was crazy, considering Lucas at- tacked me, but in reality, I tried to attack him first, and so did my brother.

Guilt swallowed at me, wondering if he would ever be nor- mal again. Even if he didn’t want me anymore, it didn’t mean I didn’t care to know if he was okay or not. Frustration filled me as I tried to focus on my current task at hand. The endless lec- tures on how to use effective magic was something so far from my thoughts, and yet my teacher’s rambling still echoed in the distance.

The moment the bell rang, a sigh of relief washed over me as I collected my book and moved from my seat. My stomach growled for food, considering I had barely eaten the last two days, and instead moped around like a pathetic loser hoping for the attention of one person who, at one point, couldn’t stand to be around me.

Stepping into the hall, I instantly dreaded this place. The whispered conversations and stares of the people around me made my skin crawl. Everyone heard about what had hap- pened with Lucas, and I wasn’t sure exactly how they had heard, but it may have had something to do with the fact Zia had seen Lucas jump from the window.

She was an absolute bitch, and the more she glanced at me and made mocking comments, the more I wanted to cut her eyes from her head and shove them down her throat. She had already tried twice now to taunt me, telling me I didn’t deserve Lucas and that she would happily take him off my hands.

As if I would ever reject my mate, even if he were a bit of an asshole since we slept together. A moment I thought of very often.

He was mine, and I was his, even if I didn’t want to admit it to myself.

“Cassie, what are you doing here? I thought I told you to go back to your room?” Sansa said as she grabbed my arm, stopping me in the hallway between the bell.

“I can’t miss class because of all this,” I explained as I ad- justed the bag strap on my shoulder. “Plus, I’m starving and really need to get something to eat.”

Her eyes went wide at my words as if my wanting food shocked her in some way. She was literally the one who scold- ed me this morning for not eating. “Oh well, why don’t we go to the cafe down the street where we got drinks that one time and we can grab something there?”

The cafe was a good fifteen–minute walk from here, and honestly, I didn’t have the energy to do that. All I wanted to do was to go down to the cafeteria where everybody always ate lunch, grab something there and then move on to my next class without bringing any more attention to myself.

If that was possible.

“No, I think I’m just going to grab a sandwich or some-thing down in the cafeteria,” I replied as I gave her a small smile and attempted to walk past her, to which she quickly stopped me once more.

it’ll be fun. We haven’t done it since that day, and there’s been so much else going on.

sounds, maybe we can do that this weekend. I honestly just want to grab something

quickly let me go but kept at my side the entire way there, still trying to convince me that go- ing

the cafeteria doors Trixie. popped up with a smile on her

ahead and take a walk and go pick it up, and then we can get to class, and we won’t be late,” she

you two? Why are you act- ing like this?” Both Sansa and Trixie looked at each other,

find out. As I pushed past Trixie, opening the door to the cafeteria, I got a front–row view of

you want to call them that- who showed off around school. His arm was draped over Zia’s shoulders as she leaned in

had literally tried to kill me, and yet he was sitting here amongst all of these people, acting as if everything was fine and nothing was

me as I tried to think of what to do or what to say. Anyone else would have run out of there crying in tears that their mate was

I didn’t let him bite me. I could only imagine what the mate bond would feel like right

Sansa had heard me, and as his eyes met mine, I could as- sume he heard me too. Trying my hardest to think clearly on this matter, I held my head high, averted my gaze from his look of disgust, and marched down the center of the cafete- ria,

was too far gone and how I was going to be able to help him. And yet he sat here with those

push of encouragement and understanding. But at the same time, I wasn’t going to allow him to get what he wanted. I wouldn’t allow him the satisfac- tion of seeing me

enough time trying to figure this man out. I’m not going to continue doing it. If he wants to figure his stuff

it was killing me inside, knowing he would prefer the company of another woman than allow- ing me to talk to him so I could try to figure out what the

made a small plate and grabbed a drink and as I turned, hoping to make my way out of the cafeteria without causing any kind of distur- bance, I found Lucas standing before me with a sinister grin upon his beautiful plump

are you doing in

food, raising one brow as I shrugged my shoulders. “What

didn’t want anything to do with you, so I don’t know why you’re here bothering me,” he spoke loud enough for the people around to hear what he said, and as I took in

I’m pretty sure you’re the one who just walked up to me. I didn’t say anything to

a single thing to him, and yet he was the one who left the comfort

erybody around heard exactly what I said. It left him standing there looking like the fool he really was. No matter the fool, though, in the gaze he laid upon me,

Lucas had made his choice, and had he wanted my help, he would have allowed me to give it

Get that through your fucking head,” he growled as his eyes shift- ed between