And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 215: Preparing for Game Day

Finn.

“What do you mean you want me to talk to Lucas?!"

When Silas showed up at my doorstep wanting to talk, I figured it had something to do with us sharing Cassie. I didn't even consider the idea of him coming here to discuss with me about the event that would be taking place in just twelve hours. The only problem was he wanted me to convince Lucas to join in with our plan, and then we would share her.

“Finn, it's the only way to make this work," Silas exclaimed, trying to make me see his side of the situation. “Without Lucas on our side, it only complicates things further. We need you to win tomorrow."

“Your faith in my skills is comforting, Silas," I muttered, lifting the goblet to my lips as I rolled my eyes and made my way towards the lush piling of pillows that sat within a corner of the room.

“It isn't that I don't have faith in your skills, Finn. We just need to make sure nothing bad happens," he replied confidently.

I didn't understand why Silas suddenly felt the need to handle things considering how he had acted earlier and how he had been so off with the idea of keeping Cassie before. The man was beyond confusing even for me, but I could see the desperation in his eyes. A desperation that cried for help to keep a woman that he loved.

“Okay. I'll talk to Lucas, but I can't make any promises that it will work, Silas. The kid doesn't even know me and seems to have a very self-centered perception of who he is."

Nodding his head, a smile crept over Silas' face. “That's okay. All I ask is that you try."

As Silas turned toward the door, obviously done with our conversation, I felt the need to know what was really going on through his head. “Before you go… what suddenly changed your mind?"

He stopped dead in his tracks, his shoulders sagging a bit as he let a heavy breath escape him before turning to face me once more. “What do you mean?"

“You know exactly what I mean, Silas. Why is it that you suddenly changed your mind about wanting to be part of Cassie's life? I understand that we all copulated back on earth, that you indulged yourself in the love that she wanted, the attention that she wanted. But the moment she got back here, you fell directly back into your guard duties. Why is it that you suddenly have come to terms with the fact that you want to fix this situation?"

He stood there staring at me for a moment as if he wasn't quite sure exactly what answer to give me. And I could respect that because, it was a hard decision. To know the choice between right and wrong, desire and need. It was complicated for anybody who would have been in his position, but it was important for me to know the true answer behind this.

was going to stick my neck out there to make things work, instead of keeping Cassie for myself, I want to know that the men that were planning to stand

Finn?" he replied calmly, his eyes trying to look anywhere but at me. “I am in love with Cassie, just as you are. And because of my position, I am going against orders from the main god of this realm. It isn't easy

over his face, stating that he was hopeless in this situation. I could make everything that everybody wanted come true. I did hold the key to

do as he asked. I would go and talk to Lucas and try to find a solution to all of this. I couldn't promise that Lucas would do this willingly because he didn't seem like the

where Lucas was and make sure that I could have this conversation

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Lucas.

time to simply go to sleep tonight and “get good rest" like Odin had told us to do. If I was going to win this thing, I was going to have to spend every waking moment training to ensure that I

in the competition, Mani had made it his purpose to piss me off at every turn. It didn't matter how much I tried to stay out of his way if he wasn't the one that bothering me, it was

I had heard from so many different people talking exactly what he was planning to do to her, how he was going to bend her to her knees. How he was going to breed her to no end and when he finally was done with her, he would make sure that she stayed within a cell, never seeing the light of day

was a celestial and she couldn't die. But I was sure that he could make her wish that she was,

my room, I quietly edged out towards the garden. I was planning on going to the training arena, but the moment that I stepped outside, I ran into a figure that I had been hoping to avoid. “Lucas, I was hoping to finally see

stood before me clad in a purple robe, staring up at the sky when I initially had walked out, but his eyes fell on me quite quickly as soon as he heard the noise wrestling behind him. To say that he was the last person I was

try and kill me, or if I needed to

lot

ask you the same question. Shouldn't you be inside resting, preparing for the event tomorrow?" There was a look of amusement in his eyes that allowed the

couldn't sleep. So I decided to get a last training

Damian questioned me, shaking his head. “No, Lucas. You're going to go to bed. Even the best of warriors know when

me?" I muttered, shocked that Damian actually thought he could tell me what to do. He wasn't my father and he definitely wasn't my keeper. It

“You heard me, Lucas."

arms over my chest in