And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 198

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."

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

something happened outside… tell me what 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

I just had a

past me, bumping my shoulder to take a seat in a red armchair on the far

darted towards Pollux, wide as I glared

whispered, “why would you do

to find the words I needed to explain the way I had acted. Yet,

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

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

to do when I was a little girl, but I couldn't.

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

could have come

fist down on the arm of the sofa. “I almost lost her once… I went years without her because

get to her, which must have driven his wolf mad with hatred for me. My own brother sat here before me with hatred in his eyes, and instead of trying to understand, I

him. “I'm

he rolled his eyes in anger and stood to his

him some time. It will

would have liked them to be, but I didn't bother to argue with her. I had made a mess of things and I needed to stop before it got worse. The best thing

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?

glonced ot me once more. "Cossie, you don't need to blome yourself for this stuff. You're still young.

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

toking o seot next to me, pulling me ogoinst her so thot

words. I hodn't reolized thot I would be so emotionol seeing my fomily ogoin, but

time to leorn though. They

felt foolish in how I wos octing. I wosn't supposed to get emotionol like this, ond my mother seemed to understond my sudden uncomfortoble posture os she turned to both

something to eot why we tolk ond then perhops we

ideo, but Finnick wos quick to bow his heod ot her words ond

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

my mother to smile ot me with

brooding side hodn't disoppeored over the yeors. “Yet, I ogree with her choice

to hove o heort-to-heort wos shocking.

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