And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 172: The Heir Apparent

To say the dress looked amazing on me would be an understatement. I fucking rocked this damn dress, and I knew it. "Damn... I look sexy as fuck."

The high slits on the side of the navy blue dress did wonders for my legs, and the way the bust perked up my boobs made them look like I had a five-thousand dollar boob job which made me smile. Even with me being young, my boobs didn't honestly sit perky like most would think. I was heavy-chested, and these girls-though they sat nicely-weren't porn star tits.

Turning from side to side in the mirror, I smiled at my reflection. "What do you think?"

Ansley stood beside me, quiet as always, her eyes gazing over my figure before a smile played across her lips, and she shrugged her shoulders. "I think it looks like perfection. You definitely fit in with the royals around here."

"Royals?" I laughed, shaking my head. "I don't know if you want to call us royals, by all means. I'm just as normal as you or anybody else. I don't sit on a high pedestal like some of these people may do, but I do plan to try and make everybody proud in the position I'm being given."

At that, Ansley got quiet and stared at the floor once more. She let out a small sigh. "I know it's out of place of me, but could I give you a piece of advice?"

Considering how she was when she first walked in here and started dealing with me freaking out over the smallest of incidences, I was honestly shocked she wanted to give me advice, but I was more than happy to receive it.

"By all means, anything that you can tell me that I might need to use would be wonderful."

Taking a moment, she seemed to ponder over whatever it was that she had to say before her eyes met mine, and she let out another heavy breath. "Be careful of Solina and her brother. They're pretty upset that you're being called the heir apparent when they think that it should have been them."

I wasn't all that surprised she said they would be upset. In all honesty, I expected there to be a few people who weren't happy, considering I was new, had just arrived, haven't really earned my way around this place, and now I was being cast ahead of all of them and supposed to rule over everybody. Or that was the idea I had in mind for being an heir apparent.

"Thank you for letting me know, but you don't need to worry about them. You're with me now, and you're safe. And if for any reason they give you any kind of trouble, make sure you let me know, I'll handle them accordingly."

Reassuring her the best I could that I would take care of her was a step I didn't think I would ever take for anybody else. Granted, I had a big heart, and I was always there for my friends, but dealing with the levels of hierarchy in this place wasn't something I was exactly comfortable with yet.

I was a rebel at one point in time, a badass with a name that people made sure they knew, however, coming here, I was just like anybody else. I was a nobody. My name was big now. After Odin, my grandfather, proclaimed me the heir apparent,

shown anybody what I could really do.

in a normal sense.

approval, ready to go meet whoever it was

the hallway toward where I was supposed to be meeting everyone. I would have expected someone to come get me, but according to Ansley, she

but it would have been nice

No one waited outside the doors to greet me, and for the first time, I felt the nerves about

on the hall and everyone

I felt like I was the outsider among them all. Even the ones I

face as he stood from his throne in furs

this is Castor, the heir to

There was no way I would reject such an

high, taking my grandfather's hand as he helped me up

urging me to escape. There had to have been at least one hundred

you all hear to introduce Castor, or Cassie as she prefers to be called, to talk about the upcoming Solstice games that will happen in a few

heart dropped into my stomach as I turned to him trying to understand why he was telling these people this. Of course, I was told about finding a mate or two...but I didn't think the games were honestly about that.

games, and the winner will

crossed their faces. I didn't know what tradition he was talking about because the last I checked in the history books back home, Odin had always been in charge. Then again, the human history books did have his entire persona

I asked as I turned to him with confusion, trying to understand why he hadn't thoroughly explained

of a deal. Didn't you learn any of that

at him wide-eyed. "No... I literally have been here a few weeks. How was that supposed to have been taught to me?"

at my comment, and after a moment, he slightly narrowed his gaze and leaned in.

was because of what he did I was allowed to reside where I was instead of being in limbo, but

play along, even if deep inside me I was angrier than a viper

see you again," a young man not much older than me said

blue eyes were style to perfection in loose waves down to his shoulders. While his bare, unmarked chest glistened in the light, highlighting each and ever curve of his well defined muscles. Something about him didn't set right with me, and the woman

in sections going straight down her back, while the white,