And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 198: Truth of the Past

Cassie.

“Cassie, no!" The scream that left Trixie's mouth went partially unnoticed by the anger that coursed through me. My hand was gripped around my brother's throat as I stared into his eyes, watching his wolf crawl to the forefront snarling like the beast he was. No one in their right mind would ever act like this towards an Alpha, but then again I wasn't “no one".

“Castor, that's enough."

The cold sound of my father brought me back to the present and snapped me out of the anger I was in. My hand instinctively released my brother as I turned to look at my father Hale from over my shoulder. “Daddy?"

A concerned expression marred his face as he let a heavy breath escape his lips. My feet couldn't carry me fast enough as I threw my arms around his neck and hugged him. I had missed my parents terribly and the fact they hadn't been present when I arrived had unsettled me for reasons I didn't understand.

“Castor–" he said softly, “what are you doing?"

Looking up to him I frowned with confusion, “I–I just–"

“You just lost your f*****g mind!" Pollux growled, causing my father Hale to growl back at him in return.

“Enough, son. I understand that you're upset right now, but you're Alpha now. You need to control your wolf and remember that she isn't used to our world anymore."

Turning towards my brother, I stared at him with a wide-eyed apologetic expression. “Pollux, I'm sorry… I wasn't thinking."

He huffed with irritation, his hand rubbing his throat as he turned towards Trixie, who now stood holding her daughter. “Take her upstairs. This is too much excitement for her."

Trixie didn't argue as she gave me a sad look without another word and brushed past me back into the house. I wanted to call out to her, but I knew right now that was pointless. Even Silas and Finnick, who stood there staring at me with shocked gazes, said nothing. I had f****d up royally and had only just arrived.

“Castor, I think we need to talk," Hale said, catching me by surprise, but without arguing, I nodded. “Your mother is inside. I'm glad that I came out here instead of her."

He didn't wait for me to reply to him as he glanced once more at Pollux with a heavy sigh before he turned and made his way inside the house past Silas and Finnick. Neither man dared say anything to him about the situation, but the moment I passed them, they followed behind me.

I had done many things in my life, but disrespecting an Alpha—that was something unforgivable. Yet, I crossed the line without thinking. I was testing limits left and right and I knew it. Once again, I wasn't thinking before I acted and the words of Freya and Sansa told me echoed in my mind.

When I turned the corner into the living room, my eyes found my mother's and though her face was aged more than I had remembered, I still saw the kind eyes I had seen once before.

“Cassie–" she whispered, wrapping me into her embrace. “I've missed you so much."

“I've missed you too, Mama."

didn't realize I was crying until she pulled away from me and wiped the tears from my cheeks. I had only been a girl when I left. Barely eighteen and experiencing life. My freedom wasn't earned and though I had been through so much in such a short period of time, I couldn't help but wonder

it was." The stern look she gave me reminded me of the look she gave me as a child, and I knew full well there

and I just had a disagreement,"

brushed past me, bumping my shoulder to take a seat in a red armchair on the far side of the living room. “Cassie

eyes darted towards Pollux, wide as I glared

“why would you

words I needed to explain the way I had acted. Yet, no matter how many times I opened and closed my mouth to tell them what happened, I couldn't.

gaze to Damian, I watched his expression change as it became understanding, a small smile on his face that didn't reach his eyes as his shoulders

His dark hair graying as his eyes seemed so dull compared to the man I knew growing up. “Oh, Cassie," he whispered, shaking his head as he gestured

used to do when I was a little girl,

Cassie?" Pollux replied, causing the others in the room to look at him with slight irritation. “It isn't like there is a phone that will allow us to communicate, Cassie. You're in a realm

his last statement. You didn't have to die to

come to tell

He growled, slamming his fist down on the arm of the sofa. “I almost lost her once… I went years without her because of your selfish bullshit. I'm

get to her, which must have driven his wolf mad with hatred for me. My own brother sat here before

stepping towards him. “I'm sorry. I

apologize, he rolled his eyes in anger and stood to his feet leaving the room. Not that I

some time. It

them to be, but I didn't bother to argue with her. I had made a mess of things and I needed to

way towards the sofa, I took a seat next to Damian. "I don't understand what's wrong with me. Why do I keep acting the way I do? You would think I'd

Jomes ond my mother. I didn't miss the goze they gove eoch other before they glonced ot me once more. "Cossie, you don't

to be Odin's heir. I shouldn't be moking mistokes," I retorted with onnoyonce, "I'm supposed

me with o sod smile upon her foce before toking o seot next to me, pulling me ogoinst her so thot my heod loid ogoinst her shoulder. “Oh, sweet girl, you hove so much to still leorn obout ruling. Don't be so horsh

thot I would be so emotionol seeing my fomily ogoin, but the foct thot I hod missed them

time to leorn though. They expect me

to the doorwoy reminded me thot Finnick ond Silos were still present ond ogoin I felt foolish in how I wos octing. I

find Gio. She con get you something to eot why we tolk ond

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glonced ot me ond then Finnick, who gove him o wide-eyed silent look thot finolly mode him follow Finnick out of view before Hole

to do thot," I muttered under my breoth, cousing my mother to smile ot me with o twinkle of omusement

with his orms crossed over his chest ond o steely expression thot showed his brooding side hodn't disoppeored over the yeors. “Yet, I

o heort-to-heort wos shocking. Tolon hod never been