And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 171: Making New Friends

As the sun filtered through the open window of the room I was staying in, I stretched my arms above my head and realized I was lying in bed alone. Glancing around with groggy vision, I realized I was no longer at my parent's home but back in a room in Asgard where I had been before.

Bolting from the bed with panic setting in my heart, I looked around, trying to understand how it was. I was back. I shouldn't have been back. I still had more time with them, and though I had more time, my body, for some reason, had been cast back into Asgard without notice.

Without me even getting to say goodbye.

Quickly jumping from the bed, I ran towards the door, throwing it open as I made my way down to Odin's hall. I wasn't sure what I was going to do, but I knew one thing. I wasn't going to tolerate this. He couldn't just give me time and then suddenly take it away from me.

The moment I stepped foot into the hall, slamming the doors open, all eyes turned to me, my grandfather sitting ahead of me in his large chair, his brows furrowed in confusion.

"Cassie, what are you doing back so soon? You still had a few hours."

He looked just as confused as I was, and as a glanced at the others, I realized I had made an entrance and a spectacle of myself when I probably shouldn't have.""I don't know how I got back here. I still had time with them. I need to go back. I didn't even get to say goodbye."

Opening and closing his mouth, he gave me a sorrowful look and shook his head.

"Unfortunately, I can't send you back. You must have projected yourself back here for some reason. We only get to visit Earth once a year, Cassie. At least until you're stronger and you can take yourself."

I wasn't sure what to make of all of it, but as I turned, making my way out of the hall and back towards my room, a voice called behind me that I hadn't been expecting. "Cassie, please wait."

Turning and looking over my shoulder, I saw Freya standing there, staring at me with concern. "I know that all of this is a lot for you, and I'm so sorry that you ended up back here so soon. There's still a lot that we don't know about your condition. There's never been anything like it before. Give us some time, and we'll see if we can fix this for you."

If Odin couldn't send me back, then there was no fixing anything for me. Perhaps I was different, but now I was supposed to be like them. And if they didn't know what to make of me, then what was I, honestly? Was I like them, or was it something else?

my way back to my room. One day, I would be able to be reunited with my family.

and the moment I reached my room, I found a small brown-haired, blue-eyed girl standing there before me

will be your

were no trials that I knew of, but according to

stared at me as if unsure of what to say. I didn't mean to make her feel uncomfortable, but with the way she fidgeted with her hands as she kept staring at the floor, I

realized she was in the same situation I was at the moment. She had to do things she didn't really want

what I imagined when I thought of what this girl was going through.

just a little

Again, she was giving me information about stuff that I had no

I'm unaware of whatever meeting it is that I have supposedly going on. Do you think you might be able to fill

furrowed her brows with confusion, opening her mouth before slowly closing it. "Uhhh -you're supposed to be meeting with Odin in an hour to meet a few people. I don't really know anything else. I'm not privy to that information."

in frustration as I let out a groan of irritation. "I see. Some breakfast actually does sound good. Just something light and refreshing, maybe. I don't know. Oh-and coffee.

of doing so myself. But as soon as I gave her a command, a smile crossed her face, and she quickly exited my room, obviously in search of the coffee that

get ready for a meeting with people I had no knowledge of, I

all my frustration and prepared myself for whatever it was that I was going to be faced with. If my mother was able to get

was something I really wanted. Even if I was only allowed to go once a year, it was better than not going at all.

into Ansley, a scream escaping my throat as we both jumped, and she quickly spilled some of the coffee onto the floor. "Oh

down on the desk and knelt on the floor using a rag attached to her apron to clean up the mess. I didn't even have a chance to acknowledge what had happened before she was in action. The girl

you. Why are you freaking out?" I replied as I knelt down beside her,

sorry. I understand if you want to punish me,

of all, if you're going to be working with me, you gotta calm down. It's okay. I'm not like the other people. I will not get upset over you doing some shit like this. I ran into you. It's

so nice. That's not how things work here."

that frustrated me even more. This girl was fearful of me, worried she was going to get in trouble for spilling something as stupid as a

serving before you came to me?" I laughed with concern edged at the forefront of my mind.