And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie) novel Chapter 164

Chapter 164: Sansa' Gift

Silas.

The moment I had left Cassie last night, my heart abso- lutely broke. She was everything I ever wanted, and though she reminded me so much of Anna, I didn't want her to think the only reason why I was with her was because she reminded me of Anna.

Anna and I had a relationship far beyond what a normal guard would have with his charge, but with it, that was all it was. A sexual relationship with no emotional attachment be- cause I was not her mate, nor would I ever have been.

Granted, after Anna died, I absolutely broke into pieces, the emotions of losing her too much for me to bear. I begged fate to give me a chance to have a mate of my own, one who looked like Anna and had her kind heart, but with the fire of an internal dragon inside of them.

I knew it was a long shot for me to actually have a mate who filled all of those things, but the moment I laid eyes on Cassie, I knew without a doubt she was exactly what I had been waiting for.

She was sarcastic and witty. She was beautiful, and even though she had a rough exterior that was nothing but walls she had built over the years, she had the kindest heart I had ever seen in any one.

She was the type of woman you wanted to spend the rest of your life with, and the fact her mate treated her the way he did disgusted me. He didn't deserve her, and perhaps fate bringing her to me was the reason why he had rejected her.

At least that was what I hoped for.

The moment I had stepped into our room, when I saw her brother Pollux and his mate Trixie-a girl that I had known for many years - standing in the room with no Cassie in sight, I felt in the pit of my stomach something had happened to her.

Of course Pollux would act like he did, and Trixie would have to get into the middle of our situation to ensure neither of us killed each other. But when I saw the blood, it all made sense.

My love for her was not enough to keep her safe, and I should have fought harder to stay with her last night, I could understand why her brother would be angry and assume the worst of me.

"Call your witch, Trixie," I said softly, staring at her mate with an absolutely distant and voided expression, unable to even think in that moment because the realization of Cassie being gone wasn't something I wanted to believe in.

I was in love with a woman I couldn't have and as I turned away from Pollux and Trixie, I cast my eyes out over the city, looking down below at Asgard, wondering who it was that could possibly want to hurt a woman as kind as her.

"Okay, she's on her way. She'll be here in just a minute."

Pollux stood to his feet, brushing himself off as he curled his lip and anger at me. "You know, my sister came to Trixie and I last night talking about how she ran into Lucas in the woods rambling on to himself or some shit like that. She was on the edge of town. You wouldn't happen to know anything about that, would you?"

Thinking back to last night and the way I had left Cassie back at the library, guilt filled me realizing her encounter with Lucas may have been problematic. However, it did make something clear, and that was if she did have an interaction with Lucas maybe he could have been involved with some- thing like this.

"Partially. I was at the old ruined library on the edge of town. It's a part of the history of Asgard. She and I had a dis- agreement and I left, which left her, of course, to walk back to town by herself. It's not that long of a walk, maybe 20-30 min- utes at max, but I didn't think anything would happen, nor did I know Lucas was out there."

Anger soared through Pollux, and that much I could feel radiating off of him like a tidal wave of uncontrollable power. He clenched his fists at his side as he narrowed his gaze at me. "You left my fucking sister alone out there? Anything could have happened to her, and yet you supposedly care about her."

"She wasn't in any immediate danger and it wasn't like I had vanished completely. I took flight and kept an eye on her from above. I just needed time to clear my mind. But I didn't even see her go into the woods. That's what I don't under- stand. The entire time I saw her walking along the road."

"Yeah, whatever. There's no way she just magically stayed on the road but magically went into the woods. Obviously, you weren't fucking keeping an eye on her," he scoffed.

We could continue the argument, but Sansa made her ap- pearance at the open balcony door, her eyes darting from Trixie and Pollux to me and then back. "Did I interrupt some- thing important?" she questioned and stepped forward.

"No," Trixie said, turning to her friend with a gentle ex- pression. "These two just have too much testosterone and continue to bicker back and forward. I'm glad you're here. They were becoming irritating.”

Pollux's mouth dropped open at his mate's words and I couldn't hide the chuckle that escaped me upon seeing his expression. I found it funny the two of them were mated to- gether. She definitely kept him in check and wasn't what he was expecting. But in the long run I was happy because Trixie was a good woman and if anyone could get him into shape it was definitely her.

I watched as Trixie quickly explain the situation. Sansa's eyes fell to the blood on the cobbled balcony floor. "That's it right there."

She glanced at me for a moment, and as I nodded my head, she bent down next to it, running her hand through the air above where the blood sat. "This isn't just the blood of Cassie, there's someone else's mixed with it."

This was news to all of us. I wasn't quite sure who it was, but I was hoping Sansa would be able to figure it out. That way we might know who took Cassie and get her back safely. She pulled various items from the brown satchel she kept at her side; little bottles of herbs, a couple crystals and some black powder I had never seen before.