And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

“You can’t be serious,” Talon laughed. “The portal is to remain sealed so nothing can pass. Ivy made

sure of that, before giving her immortality, along with ours, to bring Damian back.”

I couldn’t help but notice how Talon talked about what they did for me. He hadn’t been himself since that

day, and I was fairly sure it had something to do with his Lycan being taken away from him. Something

he never wanted to talk about.

“We understand the situation between the five of you, but unfortunately, that doesn’t matter,” Kara

replied. “Things have changed.”

“Changed?!” Talon growled, standing to his feet. “She has been out since the day it happened six months

ago, Kara!”

Her eyes narrowed at Talon, and as they did, I watched Hale stand and walk towards his brother, who all

but relaxed at what he said. It only took a moment, and Talon stormed from the room, disappearing from

sight. The sound of the back door slamming shut echoed through the house, to which Kara rolled her

eyes.

“You mortals are all so temperamental.”

“Again, Kara, please get to the point I replied, pinching the bridge of my nose in annoyance.

“As I was saying,” she sighed heavily. “Your children aren’t normal. They belong to the realm of the gods

with the powers they possess and will grow into one day. This is the concern Odin has about his

grandchildren.”

I was too stunned at what she was saying to speak, but Hale was

not.

Turning to face her, I watched him cock a brow with his jaw clenched in anger. “No. I don’t care what

Odin wants, but that will not happen.”

As Kara’s eyes turned towards him, she raised her own brow and laughed. “You have no say in that,

Hale. It’s what is being demanded.”

I had no clue what the hell they were talking about, but the more they talked in code, the more I felt

aggravated by it all. “Do either of you care to explain what the fuck is going on? Because I’m tired of this

bullshit.”

Both Hale and Kara turned their attention toward me. Kara’s face seemed to look disgusted because I

wasn’t keeping up with the current conversation, whereas Hale simply sighed in a frustrated manner and

started pacing around the room.

“What she’s trying to say in not so many words is that she feels the twins would do better in an

environment where they could travel back and forth between our realms.

Taking a moment to let what Hale said sink in, I contemplated the idea of them traveling back and forth

between realms as they got older. It honestly wouldn’t be the worst thing for them and if they had the

abilities their mother did, then there was a lot that they could learn.

“I don’t see what’s wrong with them traveling back and forth. Oden’ s their grandfather, after all, and they

have a family there with Frigga and Kara. It would be beneficial if they have these powers to learn from

people who can help. Of course, when they’re older, that is.”

My reply seemed to shock Hale, but the look on Kara’s face spoke of something else. She was amused

by what was going on, but said nothing to voice this.

“You both seem to miss exactly what I’m talking about. Your initial assumption was close to being

accurate however, I wasn’t talking about them traveling back and forth.”

“Well, do you care to explain, then? | asked, gesturing for her to continue, considering she had wasted

the last thirty minutes of our time standing here, speaking in riddles and beating around the bush.

“She wants to take them,” James’s voice piped up from the silence that consumed where he had been

sitting the entire time. He had remained quiet, watching the three of us go back and forth, observing what

was happening.

But the moment he said that, my heart all stopped.

“At least one of you is perceptive,” Kara muttered as she crossed her arms over her chest and leaned

against the wall.

“Take them? You’re not taking the twins. That is absolutely ridiculous and completely out of the question.”

“Hale, you don’t really have a say in this. Odin has demanded that they be brought to us. They don’t

belong in this world. They are celestials… you all are not. Even Ivy isn’t considered part of our world

anymore. She may have the blood of a celestial running through her veins, but that is it,” Kara replied.

I couldn’t wrap my hand around it. Kara actually thought she could come in here and take my children

and Odin… he was willing to do this to his daughter?

What kind of father would do that regardless if the children were special?

I couldn’t let it happen. I had to stop her from destroying us.

“I don’t give a fuck what Odin says. We are not allowing you to take our children. They’re babies, and

their mother is unconscious upstairs. How would you feel if you woke up to see that your children were

gone?” I snapped at her.

I couldn’t believe she had actually come here under the assumption we were just going to hand over our

children and let her take them from us, never able to see them again.

“It isn’t up to you. I don’t understand what you’re not getting. I’m here to collect your children, and the

four of you cannot stop me from doing so.”

Kara was issuing a challenge.

One that I will face head on if I had to.

I may have just woken up, but there was no way I would allow this woman to come in here and tell me

she was taking my children away.

Children I had only gotten a few months to spend time with. Children who Ivy, my mate, hadn’t even

properly been able to spend time with because of her current situation.

God knows what will happen when she wakes up and sees that so much time has passed.

“Look, there has to be something, some type of agreement that we can come up with. Something that

Odin will make an exception for. Give us time. At least let us spend the first eighteen years of their

life with them, and then by that point, when they’re adults, if they need to go there, then so be it.”

My response made her hesitate, her fingers running over her jawline as she seemed to ponder over what

I had said. “That might possibly work. From what the prophecy says, the children won’t come into their

powers properly until they turn eighteen.”

“Talk to him then. See what he says. See if he would make this deal with us. Give us until they turn

eighteen.” I was all but begging her to agree, and after a moment of silence, she nodded.

“Very well. I will be back in a few days with my answer. Until then, you may continue to have your brief

family reunion, and hopefully, Ivy will join you soon.”

I felt a sense of relief was over me the moment Kara turned and made her way from our home. We were

safe for now, and hopefully, Odin would agree to what I asked. Give us time… that was all that I wanted.

“Was she fucking serious?” Hale said softly as he stared out the window.

“It doesn’t matter right now. At least she’s gone.”

Turning my attention to my brothers, they stood staring at me.

“What the fuck did you just do?” James whispered.

“What? I just made sure she didn’t take our kids.”

“Yeah for now!” he screamed at me, jumping to his feet with his fists clenched at his sides. “How the fuck

could you offer that and without Ivy even being awake!”

“We don’t even know if she will ever wake up!” I snapped back as I

moved from where I was sitting toward the stairs. I had nothing else to say to them. In the end, I was

doing what I had to, to make sure that I didn’t lose my children.

If he agreed, it would give us eighteen years to try to find a way out of the deal. To try to change their

minds so that our children didn’t have to go

Kara hadn’t been lying when she said we couldn’t stop her.

If she had really wanted to take them, she wouldn’t have come to speak with us in the first place. She

would have taken them when we were sleeping, and we wouldn’t have been able to stop it.

Deep down, I think her coming to speak with us was her way of saying she didn’t agree with Odin. She

hoped we could give her something Odin would end up agreeing to. It was just a shame she couldn’t

come out and say that to begin with.

Yet, knowing this, I couldn’t stop thinking about what James said.

I had made the offer while Ivy wasn’t even present, and I could only hope she wouldn’t hate me when

she woke up. I didn’t want to start things off wrong again.