And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 156: A Pack to Save Lucas

I had never seen my sister as upset as she was, and to be honest I thought she was going to kill Zia before I jumped in to pull her off the poor girl. Perhaps Zia was a wicked pain in the ass and deserved every bit of what she got but I wouldn’t let Cassie be the one to pull that trigger. I wouldn’t let her live with the guilt.

The problem was I hadn’t anticipated the way things end- ed, and as Cassie said she thought Inanna, the head of stu- dents, had something to do with what was wrong with Lucas. I didn’t want to believe it.

“Cassie, you can’t be serious.” I scoffed, shaking my head. Her eyes darted around the room before she gave me a sharp glare and nodded with her head for us to follow her. I wasn’t sure where we were going, but when we stepped outside into the cool afternoon air with no one around us, she let go of a sigh and turned to face us.

“Okay, now that we are away from prying ears, I think Inanna has something to do with what’s wrong with Lucas.”

Glancing at Silas, he seemed just as skeptical as I was. He crossed his arms over his chest and opened and closed his mouth as if trying to formulate words to make sense of all of this. “Cassie, we can’t jump to conclusions like that.”

“Yeah, Cassie,” Trixie drawled as if not believing her, “Silas has a point…”

Cassie groaned, rolling her eyes as she shook her head. “Look, I know it sounds crazy, but I’m telling you… something is definitely going on with that woman.”

“Cassie, that’s just how she is,” Silas replied quickly trying to make my sister see reason. He did have a point. Even when I met her in her office when I first started that was how she came off… as someone a bit odd but who cared.

Frustration grew within my sister’s eyes as she looked at each of us before glancing at Sansa as if searching for at least one of us that would believe her. However, even Sansa seemed skeptical, and I wouldn’t doubt her for feeling that way. Cassie was my sister, and at times I was even skeptical of how she acted.

“I can’t believe you guys don’t believe me-”

“It’s not that I don‘ t,” Silas quickly interjected as he stepped toward Cassie, “we just have no proof, and you can’t go around throwing accusations out like it’s the most obvious thing without having proof to back your claim.”

Proof. That was something that was going to be virtually impossible to get, and even if we did have it, who would we turn it in to? Inanna was the head of the school.

“We can get it,” she said with an excited smile, “we can get proof.”

Tilting my head, I gave out a frustrated groan. “We can’t just assume people to be evil and go on a witch hunt for proof because you have a feeling about something, Cassie.”

to believe in my sister, I just couldn’t. I couldn’t come to grips with the fact that Inanna, someone who was well–known and respected in this school, would have something to do with changing students for her own personal gain. She was technically

didn’t exactly speak highly of her being a

negative about every- thing?” she asked me with

you know what

well she wasn’t going to let this go. If we didn’t help her, then she would be

walked through the courtyard toward our building. She was on a mission for sure, and I was

Cassie.

what I saw. The connection between Inanna and Lucas wasn’t like a normal teacher–student

courtyard, the calls of my friends rushing after me could be heard clearly through the softly blowing wind. Part of me wanted to stop and see what they wanted, but the other part of me

as he grabbed my arm, stopping me in my tracks. “Look, I don’t know what’s gotten into you, but you need to chill. You’re

ly- ing. Something is wrong, and he isn’t acting the way

scoffed again. “You’re delusional, Cassie. Lucas rejected you, and you need to let him go.

words hurt, and after he spoke, Trixie quickly smacked his arm and

with you? Why did you hit me?” He whined

has happened in the past, and she is trying to save someone she cares about. Just because you don’t believe in it doesn’t mean you can’t support

when I didn’t know how. It wasn’t like me to be weak and unwilling to stand up for myself, but since I came here, I had felt myself grow and change slowly into someone I wasn’t sure I

to falter, unwilling to allow tears or any emotions. to fall, even though the little girl in me that had once always dreamed of a mate like

time I didn’t want a mate. That I never had wanted it, but honestly… it had only been because I was scared. Because I was worried my

the idea was ridiculous, and even though it’s to late to fix my mistakes, it wasn’t to late to save Lucas and

maybe you’re right, but I have to make sure. I can‘ t explain it to you, but deep down inside, I can feel him. He isn‘ t the Lucas we knew back home. Something has changed in him, and you saw the darkness in his eyes that day in his

in what I was saying. After a moment, it seemed to be he finally accepted what I said because I wasn’t going

seen you so determined before, Cassie,” Pol- lux whispered as he glanced over his shoulders to look at them, “they

the more

he sighed heavily and nodded his head. “Okay… well, how are you going to prove any of

if I had to be honest with myself. I barely knew my way around this place. Which was a problem if I wanted to snoop