And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Chapter 144: Questions & Hangovers

Lucas.

The moment I stepped out of Cassie’s room, my heart sank into

my stomach. For a moment, I had actually thought our bond was blossoming, but instead I was a fool t

o think I was anything more than a quick lay for her. Mate or not, she was adamant

to keep me away at every turn.

So of course, I showed her how much of an asshole I could be.

It wasn’t hard to hear her scream once I left her room. I had stayed for a moment trying to decide if

I wanted to go

back in and apologize. Goddess knows every part of me wanted too, but my Lycan… he wasn’t please

d.

She doesn’t deserve our mark…

The dark, stormy whispers within my mind were loud, and as hard as I tried to shrug them

off, they had gotten louder

since I came to this realm. I needed something, anything to quiet them, and as much as I wanted to sle

ep, I didn’t see it happening anytime soon.

Step by step, I stormed down the hallway with my room in sight, but even the thought of going there

right now didn’t seem comforting. The last thing I needed was to get into trouble with all of these people

lingering around, but at the same time, all I really wanted was a drink.

A drink to clear my mind

and perhaps the company of a woman who was actually worth talking to. Not that I could actually

do that. I had just laid with my mate, my fated chosen by the

gods themselves, and in a way, I was rejected -even if she didn’t say it.

Passing the threshold of my door, I exited the same way I had

come in with Cassie and ventured outside into the garden. The cool night air blew

gently against my skin, and inhaling deeply, I tried to ignore the scent of my beautiful. mate still

lingering around the area.

She was everything I wanted in a mate, and yet pissed me off

more than anything. How was I supposed to complete a

bond when she refused my mark? It was in our nature to want to be bonded–

at least, that was what I was told.

Could I honestly have been wrong?

Was this not how the mate bond worked?

“Are you okay?” The sound of a woman’s voice caught my attention, and looking to my down the

shadowed path that led towards the school, a red–haired woman with glowing

eyes stepped forth into my view.

I wasn’t sure who she was, but I remembered seeing her around campus. Her long red hair blew again

st the breeze as the glowing greenish–blue eyes she

had stared into the darkness like a cat stalking its prey.

I wasn’t sure why she was out here or, better yet, near the dorms but shaking my

head, I brushed her off and turned my attention back towards the moons

above. “Yeah, I’m fine. Just getting some air.”

Turning away from the woman, I closed my eyes, and hoped she would take the hint to

walk away, but instead, she stepped closer to me, causing my body to stand on edge.

“You look like you could use a friend-” she said softly as if she was trying not to alert me in any way. “Yo

u’re Lucas, aren’t you?”

Snapping my gaze to where she was now, only standing feet away from me, I had the opportunity to re

ally take her appearance into account. Red hair, glowing eyes and a wicked smile on her face spoke of

the trouble this woman was. She was older, much older than

me, but something about the look of her seemed so familiar.

“Who are you?” The snipped question caused her brows to raise impressively.

“The dean of your school for one,” she replied, causing a knot to

form in my stomach due to my rude stupidity. “But also someone who knows how to find something you

want.”

Confusion filled my mind as my brows knitted together. “What do you mean, something that

I want? I don’t want anything, and I don’t have time for riddles, lady, no offense.”

A soft chuckle

escaped her lips as the corners of her eyes crinkled in amusement. She may have been the dean of st

udents, but something about her seemed completely off. “Tell

you what… you answer a few of my questions and I will take you to him. Does that sound fair enough t

o you?”

“Take me

to him?” Laughter escaped me as I shook my head. “There is nothing that you can tell me, and I

don’t have time for the games. I’m sure there are other students around here drunk that

you can harass.”

The moment I tried to walk past her, she

gripped my arm firmly and stopped me in my tracks. Shocked and irritated that she would touch

me, I ripped my arm from her hand and stared down at her.

“Please refrain from touching me.”

She wasn’t in the slightest phased by the Lycan aura

surrounding me. In fact, she seemed almost thrilled she was able to bring forth this part of me as if she

was almost hoping she could. “My apologies. I simply wanted to help you.”

“As I said, I don’t have time for this. No please leave me alone.” My reply was short, but

when I turned away from her once more, her words stopped me.

“Even if it’s about your father and those remarkable gifts you have?”

Stunned in silence, I turned once

more to face her. I wasn’t sure if she was messing with me. Yet staring at her, she showed no signs of d

eception.

I didn’t know my father, and as far as I was told, he abandoned my mother and I when I

was two. Part of me wanted to tell her to fuck off, because honestly, I didn’t want to know the piece

of shit who left me. The

ache it brought my mother was something unbearable, and when she died two months ago, I hated him

more for leaving.

The other part of me, though… was intrigued.

“What about him?”

Cassie.

“Dude, you look like crap. Hungover from last night?” Sansa‘ s question caused me to roll my

eyes as I grumbled underneath my breath. I had hardly slept after what

happened with Lucas, and actually had been searching for him all morning to see where he had gone.

I wanted to confront him, ask him what

the hell his problem was. Yet, everywhere I looked, he wasn’t there. Even his bed had

looked untouched as if he hadn’t even slept there last night.

“No, just slept like shit,” I finally replied as I grabbed a cup of coffee from the barista and turned, headin

g towards our usual table on the far left wall of the room. I hadn’t seen Trixie at all this morning, and whi

le I had expected her to come bounding towards me with endless amounts of rainbows and sunshine, I

was pleased she hadn’t.

There was too much confusion in my mind right now to deal with another one

of her many lectures on my appearances and also what we were supposed to be doing in

magic class. Not that I needed it. Most of the students there could barely use their magic.

Yet the teacher told me it’s about me being able to control it… and I could, mostly.

“So, are you going to just act like you didn’t sneak off with Lucas last night?” Sansa stated in a matter–

of–factly. My eyes quickly darted to where she sat as I tried to understand how she even knew that.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

Rolling her eyes, she opened her

mouth to speak, but a smooth, sultry voice perked my ears to attention instead. “Hey gorgeous, still dan

cing this morning, I see?”

It was Silas, and god, did he look absolutely delicious.

“Silas.”

Running his hand through his dark chocolate brown hair, he gave me that signature white

smile, flexing his arms as he leaned over the table. The conversation with him from

the night before had

been enchanting, to say the least, but of course, it quickly died when Lucas made an appearance and

went all high and mighty.

“You don’t look too happy to see me,” he replied, his smile forming into a playful frown.

“I’m tired and have a headache,” I mumbled, trying not to seem

as annoyed as I was. It wasn’t that he was annoying me. I simply just had no interest in that particular m

absolutely delicious to look at.

There was a twinkle in his eyes as his smile grew again. “Hangovers are never any fun.”

“I’m not hungover-”

“Yes, you are,” Sansa replied, causing me to shoot her a daggered glare

that made her smile. “Don’t look at me like that, it’s the truth.”

Maybe I was slightly hungover, but I didn’t need people pointing it out. Turning my gaze back to Silas, I s

Hesitation twinkled behind gaze. He did want something, and the fact

he did made me nervous. He didn’t seem like the kind of man who calmly

asked for things. At least not to someone like me.

“Actually, I wanted to see if you would have dinner with me.”

Sansa went into a coughing fit, drawing both mine

and Silas‘ attention as well as a few people sitting near us. Patting on her chest, her eyes

wide she quickly took a sip of her drink and gave me a sheepish grin. “Sorry, that went down wrong.”

I wasn’t stupid. The only reason why she choked was

because Silas asked me out, and looking at him now, I could see he was dead serious with his

question. “Didn’t last night warn you about being around me?”

Laughter left him as he shook his head. “You mean the overgrown dog with a territory issue? I’m not

worried about him.”

It was my turn to laugh as I thought of Lucas as an overgrown

dog. I couldn’t get upset at Silas cracking a joke. Lucas did act a little crazy last night, but it didn’t make

Silas seemed genuinely taken back by my question of whether or not I could think

about going out with him. Which meant he more or less was used to

people accepting right away. Too bad for him, I wasn’t easily swayed, and as he went to open his

mouth, Pollux decided to join in on our conversation.

His egotistical smirk bounded up right next to

my table as he clasped a hand on Silas‘ shoulder with a smile. “Hey, we‘ re getting ready to

head out… are you coming?”

Not surprised by the fact Pollux had

made friends with Silas or any of the other Alpha males around this place, I rolled my eyes

and laughed. “Looks like you better get going. My brother has plans with you.”

“Am I missing something?” Pollux snapped as he glared at me.

“Nope, nothing at all.” My reply was more than sarcastic, and my brother knew it. He stared at me

for a moment longer before Silas straightened himself and turned. The

tension in the air was strong, and as

Silas said a few whispered words to my brother, I watched them both quickly disappear.

Whatever it was Silas said was enough to make my brother ease up, but I knew the

conversation wasn’t over. At least not for now. Pollux had a way of making things

difficult, and if he knew

I slept with Lucas or that Silas was asking me out, well, we can just say he would flip his shit.

Because no matter the issues we had, he was damn sure not happy about me

having a mate before him–let alone a friend with benefits.