And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie) novel Chapter 219

Chapter 219: The Beginning of a New Adventure

Cassie.

Had anyone told me I would be where I was right now a few months ago, I would have laughed at them. Never in my life could I have imagined I would have been ruling an entire realm. Nor did I imagine I would have three men who wanted nothing more than to please me in any way I could imagine.

It was weird for me to accept that Silas, Finn, and Lucas were all my mates.

Two of them had done everything they could to stay away from me, and Finn… well, he had always been persistent. He was the one who surprised me the most because where I thought he would have been an egotistical asshole who thought highly of himself, he wasn't.

“Are you disappointed?" The party was in full swing, and with Silas sitting at the throne at my side, I watched Finn and Lucas talking to partygoers in the distance. My heart swelled with pride and excitement.

“No, not at all," I replied, turning to Silas with a smile spread from ear to ear. “Just shocked."

He chuckled at me, nodding as he reached over and took my hand. “I'm sorry I didn't tell you."

“Tell me about what?" Confused as to what he was referring to, I watched him point to the top of his head, making a circular motion to signify a crown or what one would think was a halo.

“Oh…"

“Yeah, oh." The laughter that left him was comforting, and as he lifted my hand to his lips, kissing the backs of my knuckles gently, I felt the butterflies within my stomach flutter.

“It's okay, Silas. I'm sure you had your reasons. What matters most is that now, we are all together and will be for all eternity."

The sound of music filled the hall as many began to dance, and though I contemplated joining them, I found my attention directed elsewhere. Finn made his way towards me with a look of determination in his eyes. He gestured to Silas with his head to somewhere off the stage area.

The silent communication with the two of them was irritating at times, but with Silas holding my hand, I found myself on my feet before Finn even reached me.

“What's going on?" I asked with furrowed brows of confusion.

“We have a surprise for you," Finn replied as Silas led me off the stage.

Not one single person seemed to notice we were leaving. The party was continuing as it always did and as I stepped through the side door, I found myself being led the other way, down one hallway and through another.

I wasn't keen on surprises, but after everything that had transpired, I wasn't going to ruin whatever these three men had in mind. After all, like Finn had told me many times, I'll enjoy it.

The moment I realized we were going to my suite, I felt a twinge of excitement wondering if they were planning to mark me or mate with me or something. I had no idea how this worked with me as a celestial because I wasn't a shifter anymore.

I stepped into the room and was taken back by the sight. Candles and flower petals were scattered everywhere and within the center of the room stood Lucas. He and I hadn't had a moment to speak the entire evening, nor had we really had any proper conversation since the games had started.

Realizing that Silas and Finn had brought me to him was unexpected. Turning to look at them both, a frown fell over my face before I turned back to Lucas in confusion. “What's going on?"

Taking a deep breath, Lucas stepped toward me with determination in his eyes. “I know that things have never been great between us, Cassie. But I want to fix that. When Silas and Finn told me the plan for all of us to be together, I couldn't understand it—"

He was breathless as he spoke, his steps slow until he was right in front of me.

“I understand now, Cassie," he whispered, his hand lifting to brush against the side of my face as he stared down at me with those same dark eyes I looked into the night I found out we were destined to be mates. “I may not feel the wolf's bond anymore, but I do still feel a connection with you that I will never understand."

“Does this mean you won't leave me again?" My question was completely random, but for some reason, it was the only thing that came to mind at that moment. Deep down, I was terrified he was going to leave me again. That I would wake up one morning, and all this had been just a dream, a fantasy I was simply living out in my head.

The corner of his lips turned up into a smirk as he shook his head. “No, I won't ever be leaving you again, Cassie. I love you too much to ever leave you."

Hearing him say he loved me made tears brim my eyes. I had wanted to hear it for so long, and between us both being stubborn and all the other s**t that had happened in our time in Asgard, I didn't realize how much it would mean to me to hear it.

“You do?"

“Yes," he whispered again. “I will always love you."

Closing the space between us, he wrapped one arm around my waist and pulled me flush against his chest before pressing his lips against mine. The kiss took my breath away. He deepened it, kissing me as if he had never kissed me before. The heat of his touch upon my skin crept over me and down between my thighs.

Everything about this moment was exactly as I had once imagined it and now that it was happening, I didn't want it to stop.

Before I knew what was going on, his grip on me loosened and the touch of another caught me completely off guard. Breaking our kiss I looked to my left and was met with celestial blue eyes, and on my right, the reddish toned ones I had grown so familiar with.

Both Silas and Finn had come to join them and the thought of them all taking me together was something I couldn't fathom.

“So, how are we going to do this gentleman?" Finn asked, causing Silas to chuckle.

“Well, since you won the tournament and made all this possible, it's only fair she carries for you first," Lucas' statement made me turn to him in shock. I had never considered the fact that I would be having children anytime soon, and now hearing the possibility, I wasn't sure that I was completely ready for that.

“Don't look so worried," Silas replied as he gripped my chin lightly and pulled it towards him. “If you're not ready to have children, you don't have to right now."

“It's not that I'm completely unsure, I have just never considered it."

My admission was hard to make because I didn't want to disappoint anyone in the room, but to my surprise all three of them seemed to understand.

“If that's what you wish for, my queen, then I will make sure to not let that happen. However, we weren't exactly careful any other time we had sex." Finn wasn't wrong there. We weren't careful and realizing that made my heart race. There was no going back now, and no reason to completely panic. That was my fault for never having considered it before. “Very true, I suppose if it happens… it happens."

Grabbing the side of Finn's face, I pulled him towards me, planting my lips upon his with a hunger I didn't know I had. He didn't hesitate one bit to put the same amount of hunger and aggression into his response. He reached up towards the hair clip in my hair, removing it so my hair fell down in waves over my shoulders.

“We're going to make you feel amazing things, Cassie," he practically purred against my lips. Silas undid the buttons on the back of my dress, the cool hair hitting my bare skin as a low rumble echoed from Silas' throat behind me.

“She is completely naked beneath this dress," he replied as the gown dropped to the floor and each of the men got to feast upon my naked body.