And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 139: Inanna

Pollux.

I hadn’t bothered setting an alarm for classes, expecting I would get up early, just like I had done so

many times before. The problem was though, today of all days ended up not being a day why I got up

early. The moment the sun hit me in the face, I had opened my eyes and realized I only had forty

minutes to get ready for class and make my way there.

Lucas could have been nice enough to tell me it was time to go, but as I passed his room in a rush, it

was clear he had left long ago by the empty look to his room from the cracked door he had left open.

“Fucking asshole,” I muttered under my breath as I followed the route I was explained when I had first

arrived. The letter had been vague, but I could see the peaks of the school from the window in my

room.

Rushing through the gardens, I headed down the cobbled streets of the town, making my way towards

the dark peaks of the school ahead. The entire argument from the previous night with Cassie and Odin

rolled through my mind, but trying not to let it bother me, I pushed through until the large doors of the

school came into view.

Did I know where these damn classes were? No.

But I was going to have to figure it out because I didn’t have another choice.

The moment I passed the threshold of the building, I came face to face with a dark-skinned boy with

blue eyes and black curly clean cut hair. He leaned against the pillar just inside the entryway, a white t-

shirt clinging to his muscles, and blue jeans tight around his legs. I wasn’t sure exactly who he was, but

when his eyes met mine, he laughed.

“Pollux, right?” His voice was cool and collected tone. He glanced down at his watch and pushed off

from the wall, walking towards me.

“Yeah… who are you?” I wasn’t trying to be rude, but honestly, I had no idea who this dude was and yet

he knew my name, obviously. He must have been waiting for me.

Chuckling again, he rested his arms across his chest as he looked me up and down. “My name’s

Bronn, Bronn Straton. I’m your tour guide for the first day, but I will admit we were supposed to have

started forty-five minutes ago.”

“Yeah, I overslept,” I replied, rubbing the back of my neck in a sheepish way. “I take it class already

started?”

“Yeah, you could say that.” He chuckled as he turned and gestured with his hand for me to follow him.

“However, they will make exceptions because you’re new. Just don’t make it a habit.”

The way he said not to make it a habit had me rolling my eyes behind his back. I had just graduated

high school and the last thing I wanted to do was go back to school again. I had no interest in going to

college. I was supposed to be training to be the best Alpha my world had ever seen, and instead, I was

dealing with more bullshit than I wanted.

| suppose the training grounds here will suffice to strengthen me.

I just didn’t want to do anymore book work.

The moment the thought crossed my mind, I instantly groaned because Bronn led me to a door that

said Magic Basics 101. “What’s this?”

Glancing over his shoulder at me, he quirked his brow and frowned. “Your first class.”

“My first class? I don’t remember this on my schedule.” I said, pulling the paper out of my pocket listing

four classes, and most of them were sparring and training.

“Oh, yeah.” Bronn chuckled. “Your schedule was changed this morning. Here I was given this list.”

Bronn pulled out a piece of paper from his own pocket and handed it to me. The class list on it was far

from anything that I wanted. Basic Magic 101, History of Celestials, Art of Self Defense, Leadership,

and then Training. My eyes gazed over the paper he handed me and slowly my irritation rose.

“No way. This has to be a mistake. I don’t need any of this shit.”

Bronn found amusement in my anger and simply shrugged his shoulders gesturing for me to enter the

class. “Sorry, but I don’t make the rules. I just follow them.”

“Who do I need to speak to about this? There is no way I’m doing any of this.” I was firm in my

response and unwilling to negotiate. I wasn’t going to be stuck doing shit I didn’t need. None of it was

going to benefit me apart from the training.

Hell, I was a natural born leader! An Alpha with every right to my throne.

Bronn didn’t seem impressed by my attitude and with a sigh, he shook his head. “You know… I get that

you don’t want to do this crap, but honestly, all of it would benefit you whether you think it would or not.

So instead of giving me shit about something that was handed to me… go to fucking class, man.”

I understood he was just trying to do what he was told to do, but that didn’t mean I had to comply. If I

was going to be the best Alpha I needed to be then I had to strengthen myself. I had to be the strongest

fighter the universe has known, and none of that I would learn within books.

“Just tell me who I need to talk to.”

Shaking his head again, he looked off down the hall for a `moment as if lost in thought and then

laughed. “You want to meet her… okay? Let’s go.”

Continuing further down the hallway, he came to another staircase and heading up it we walked two

flights before coming to the landing his destination was on. I didn’t know who it was I was going to

speak to, but the moment we came into a small lounge, I noted the large brown double doors in front of

me and hesitated.

The power radiating from behind the door made me want to submit, but also find solace in whomever it

was. Not wasting any more time, Bronn pushed open the door and there in front of me behind a large

white wooden desk with. her head buried in a file of papers was a red-haired woman on a mission.

“Inanna, do you have a moment?” Bronn replied with nothing but respect. His body completely

straightened and his legs spread slightly with his hands clasped behind his back as if he was a guard

stationed outside of an important building.

Her deep sea-green eyes glanced up towards us, and as soon as she saw me, a small smile crept

across her lips before she placed down her pen. “Bronn, is something wrong with our new resident?”

“No ma’am, but it does seem something is wrong with his schedule. He wanted to come see you.”

“I see.” Gesturing with her hand, she urged me forward, and with haste I approached. “Pollux, what

seems to be the problem?”

“The schedule I was given last night by Freyja doesn’t match the one Bronn handed me. I was hoping

to get this clarified,” I replied, trying to show her that this was a serious matter that I wanted handled.

However, as she stared at me, she strummed her nails against her desk and sighed. “Unfortunately,

Pollux, your schedule was changed for a reason. You need more help in those categories and that’s

why it was changed.”

“More help?” Scoffing, I rolled my eyes, crossing my arms over my chest. “I don’t need more help

unless it’s training to become even better than I am now. I’m the future Alpha of my pack. It’s my

birthright to lead. No one can tell me otherwise.”

Inanna leaned back in her chair with a smirk on her face as she watched me. “You know the fact you

think that shows you need help. Just because it’s supposed to be yours doesn’t mean it will be, and in

fact…”

She quickly ruffled through the documents on her desk, leaving me speechless and in shock at what

she was saying.

This woman obviously had no clue who I was, and if she didn’t, someone desperately needed to tell

her.

Finding whatever she had been looking for, she scanned over the paperwork with a smile. “Ah, yes-you

have a sister, don’t you? A twin?”

Realizing where she was going with this conversation, I jumped to my feet, fists white as I clenched

them together. If she thought for one moment I was going to allow my chaotic sister to become Alpha of

our pack, she was wrong.

“It is mine!” I roared at her with anger. “My sister will never hold that title. She is too much of a risk, and

if she isn’t careful will end up killing someone again.”

At my words, Inanna’s brows rose in surprise, and it was obvious she didn’t know that little fact about

Cassie. Which shocked me because I would have assumed Odin would have let them know that small

bit of information.

“Tell me more about what your sister did…” Inanna replied, leaning forward, her elbows resting on the

desk and her hands clasped in front of her mouth. There was intrigue in her eyes that made me slightly

uncomfortable, and swallowing, I contemplated what to tell her, suddenly worried about my outburst.

“It was an accident, but she lost control and her best friend died.”

The admission of what happened to her friend Melissa struck an empty pain in my chest I hadn’t

expected to be there. I didn’t want to believe it was my fault what happened to her, but at the same

time, I knew I was responsible as well.

“I see,” She muttered softly. “You saw this happen, I take it?”

Nodding slowly, I sighed. “Yes, as did the rest of our pack.” The vague memory of their horrified

expressions was something that would be forever imprinted in my mind.

“Why didn’t you stop her from losing control? You said you’ re the future Alpha. Surely there was

something you could have done to stop her… Unless you were part of it.”

Narrowing my gaze at her, I squared my shoulders with a tight-lipped expression. “It wasn’t that easy.

Cassie isn’t-” Pausing in my thoughts, I tried to find the right words, and as Inanna’s brows raised with

interest to what I was going to say I shook my head.

“Cassie’s what?”

“Nothing, she’s my sister and everyone makes mistakes,” I replied firmly, unwilling to make anymore

comments on who my sister was. It wasn’t anyone’s business and I shouldn’t have opened my mouth

to begin with.

“I understand, but considering that I don’t see the proof of why you don’t need these classes. I’m afraid

you’re going to have to take them. Give me one semester, and if you can show me after that semester

you don’t need them, then I will change your schedule. Does that sound like a deal to you?”

With no point in arguing further, the hollow sensation of defeat grew in my chest. “Understood. Thank

you for seeing me.”

Turning, I marched from Inanna’s office more upset than I had been when I went in. I wasn’t sure what

it was about the entire situation that irritated me the most, but Bronn seemed to get I was pleased and

so he walked behind me without saying a word.

If she wanted proof I deserved my title, then I would give her proof.

I would be the Alpha everyone would remember.