And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 197

Chapter 197: News from the Past

Cassie.

Waking early the next morning, I had anticipated my mother being there the moment that my eyes opened, but instead, when I awoke I was simply greeted by the dim lighting of the sun shining through the room. Things were definitely different here and as much as I wanted to remember them as they were the day that I had left. I knew the time had passed so much in the years that I was gone here.

Even though it only felt like weeks to me.

It honestly made sense the reason why the wolves had greeted me the way they did. The moment that I had died in Asgard, my connection to this pack was severed and every single wolf that was within it felt my life force go. People thought wolves were monsters. Uncontrollable wild animals that would kill you in a heartbeat.

But nobody knew the depth of how our family worked, how connected we really were. It had always bothered me growing up knowing that while we held deeper family values than most humans did, we were the ones that were seen as predatory.

Sliding from my bed I padded my way toward the connecting bathroom to my room. Though I had usually stayed in bed longer in the mornings because I dreaded going to be social with people in Asgard, I was looking forward to what lay ahead for the day.

I wanted to see the pack, talk with Trixie, and find out everything that I had missed.

My arrival wasn't as I had expected it to be, and I knew that with time people would adjust to me being here, but until then I would have to deal with being the outsider. The girl who had died and stepped foot back into a realm that hadn't seen me in so long.

Half an hour later and ready for the day, I made my way downstairs to hear the soft words of Silas and my brother in the kitchen. I wasn't sure what they were talking about but the moment I stepped into the kitchen their eyes turned toward me, their conversation stopped.

“Good morning, you two," I replied with a curious gaze as I spotted the coffee pot on the counter and felt the urge to cry having missed the coffee on earth. The s**t they had in Asgard was okay, but the moment I found out it was mushroom-based, I lost all hope of real coffee.

Grabbing a cup from the rack next to the pot, I eagerly poured some from the glass carafe and put it to my lips moaning with pleasure as I inhaled the familiar aroma, teasing my taste bud until the moment I placed my lips upon the cup and savored its contents.

“Jesus, Cass… did you not have coffee this entire time?" Pollux asked me with a chuckle that I refused to allow to ruin my moment.

“You tell me… if you had found out that all the coffee you had been drinking was mushroom-based, would you miss this?"

Wrinkling his nose, he glanced towards Silas, who shrugged his shoulders indifferently, “I suppose, I would. Did you sleep well?"

“Yeah," I replied with a nod. “I do like what you have done with the pack house. The rooms are very nice."

“They're not as nice as the ones in Asgard. Trust me… I have tried to find a mattress to match the bed I had there and it doesn't exist here on earth."

Raising a brow, a smile crossed my lips. “Well, maybe the mattress fairy can bring you one."

“Would that be the royal that's with you?" he replied, causing me to choke as I thought of Finn with wings and a tiara delivering mattresses.

“I resent that comment," a voice said from the doorway causing both Pollux and me to turn to stare at Finn, who looked absolutely gorgeous in normal clothing. Dark wash jeans, a black fitted t-shirt, and a man bun. I was in utter shock.

“Why would that be, Finnick?" Silas said coldly, causing me to wonder if the two of those men had issues they needed to desperately work out.

I'm not a

mouth, another body entered the room carrying a small child, who I had been all too eager to meet. “Oh my god!" I squealed with excitement.

my attention right away. She

Trixie smiled as she kissed the side of her daughter's face. “This

A smile crossed the little girl's face as she hid within the

chuckled, staring at the child, “I know I say the same

then when Trixie visited me. The numbers weren't adding up right and the more I thought about it, the more confused I

“I'll explain everything, Cassie. Don't worry. In the meantime, Pollux, sweetie, why don't you show both of the men around the pack? Cassie and I have a

around each other more than they had to be. But as Pollux sighed and Silas stood to his feet, I realized they

uncomfortable expression upon his face.

my brother's balls in a vise by the way he followed her orders. But I was glad to see that the young dickish man he once was now was replaced

Cassie… let's go to the sunroom. I'll have

could tell that the floral and greenery that lined everything was nothing

one room, I followed her out a white doorway.The sun shined through glass windows that formed the walls of a large greenhouse I got a really clear view of how Trixie was doing. My mouth dropped open in shock at the size of the greenhouse. Floor-to-ceiling ivy climbed the pillars and the walls accented

her in concern. A sheepish grin crossed her face as she sat little Evelyn down

within this garden. Only a handful of people are allowed in here, and I take care of

how much I trusted that statement but taking a seat upon the white antique loveseat that was adorned with throw pillows and accompanied by two white chairs, I started to understand why

softly, catching her attention as she turned from speaking

did…" she replied with hesitation as she opened and closed her mouth, “but then when I came back here, everything

“What do you mean?"

share. Something that seemed to conflict her green eyes that had dulled over the years, leaving a woman who had experienced too much. “When I came back,

years?" I gasped, not

us. “Well, not technically. See, when I went to Asgard, I was the right timeframe, however when I came back and because Earth

and in shock. “Oh, Jesus, I take it my brother wasn't pleased you had been gone that long. Trixie, I'm

stop," she said softly with a smile on her lips as she waved off my apology. “It isn't your fault. I chose to stay and help you in Asgard. I'm just sorry I hadn't told

glad that I could see you again. You seem so different, and to me it hasn't been

scoffed slightly with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes like it used to. There was something about the way that she looked down at the teacup in her hand that made me wonder what exactly had happened to change her. When I first met her, she was bright and bubbly and so full

when our eyes met mine once more, I could see the tears that brimmed them. “You have

ocross the smoll spoce between us. My honds found hers ond os I pulled her ond my embroce, giving her o worm hug, I tried to imogine whot she hod gone through. “Trixie, I'm here now. Tell me onything thot you need to. I'm here for

of loughter seemed olmost sorcostic ond forced os I pulled owoy ond looked down into her eyes, wotching her store ot me os if I wosn't reolly

down the teocup, her eyes sconning towords her child before looking bock ot me. I knew something terrible must

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your brother's ex, wos trying to move her owoy into things. And on top of thot, your mother wos doing her best to moke things work, but Hole refused to hond over the full title of Alpho until I hod come bock becouse he wosn't sure thot Pollux wos in his right mind. I suppose from whot I've been told, he wos slightly going

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