And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 170: Reunion of Tears
I had dreamed of this day. The day I would end up returning home, and the moment I stepped through the door, the chaos that was my siblings came rushing towards me. They hugged both me and Pollux and even welcomed Trixie with open arms. My mother had grayed over the last two years and was paler than I had remembered her being.
I wasn’t sure what had happened while I was gone, but it was clear that whatever had happened, had taken a toll on all of our parents. I was shocked to see how grown my siblings had become. No longer were my little brothers, Zach, Dillon, and Tatum the little boys I had left. Zach was now 16, Dylan was fourteen, and little Tatum, no longer looking sick, was now 11.
The moment my eyes locked with my little brother Tatum, they began to fill with tears.
“You look so much better,” I whispered as I quickly wrapped my arms around him and gave him a hug.
He chuckled softly as he pulled away from me and shrugged In’s shoulders. It’s weird. One day, I just woke up and it was gone.”
Glancing over at my brother and Trixie, they gave me a knowing look, knowing full well what had happened and how my brother had gotten better. However, I quickly shook my head, telling them not to say anything because it wasn’t something I wanted my parents or my family to know.

What I had done for my little brother was out of the goodness of my heart, and perhaps one day, I would tell him. But for now, I didn’t want it to be known.
“Are you guys hungry? Shall I cook some food?” James said as he came from the kitchen, wiping his hands on a towel. “l could grill some steaks on the stove just like you guys used to like.”
“It’s okay, Dad,” Pollux chuckled, not wanting our father to go out of his way. “We ate before we came, but I do look forward to having one of your famous breakfast in the morning.’
At first, James looked slightly disappointed, but with my brother proclaiming he wanted his famous breakfasts, he easily became happy and pointed at my brother before turning and running into the kitchen.
Knowing him, he was going to be going in there to defrost the meat for the morning because these breakfasts happened to contain a lot of meat.

nodded his head for me to continue. I had dreaded having to have this conversation with them to tell them I wasn’t going to be staying permanently as my brother was. I knew it was going to be hard on them, and I was trying to come to terms with what my future had in store for me. It still wasn’t easy to say goodbye. “What’s wrong? Why does it feel like you’re going to tell me something I’m not going to like?” My mother’s question caught me off guard. I tried to push back the emotions that threatened to fall down my face, I knew I had to do this. “There were some issues in Asgard, some things happened, and because of it, I had to change…” I replied, trailing off as I tried to find the words to express what had happened. “You are not a Lycan anymore, are you?” Talon said, catching both Hale’s and Damian’s attention. They furrowed their brows in confusion as they glanced back at me, and my mother quickly gripped James’s

take out their aggression over losing me. He was my mate, and at the end of the day, I would do what I needed to do to protect him. I didn’t regret my choice to save them all, I sometimes wish that things could have gone differently. ‘This can’t be right. How

to come back in the future. But one day, when you go to Asgard yourself, we’ll be reunited again.’ “No!” my mother shouted as she jumped to her feet, “l refuse to lose you again. You are not leaving me. I will not have my children leave me. You didn’t die. You’re right here in front of me.” No longer able to hold back the tears that had filled my eyes, they fell down my cheeks in silence. I couldn’t do this, and as Trixie slid over in the seat next to me, wrapping her arms around me, and she laid her head upon my shoulder, I could feel her sorrow in it as well. She and I had talked so much about all of this. And it was hard for me to say goodbye