And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie) novel Chapter 236

Deep inside me, though, had that answer, and as much as I wanted to ignore it, I had learned from the goddesses and also Priscilla to listen to the voices and to take my gut instincts seriously. Because at the end of the day, they would give me the answers I needed.

"You don't think that they're possibly coming here, do you?"

I watched as both Hale, Talon, and Kate sat quietly, glancing between each other before looking back at me. "Honestly, Ivy, there's no point in lying. I was just trying to protect you before, and I do apologize for the things that we have done. However, that doesn't mean that I'm going to let the barrier down, because keeping you protected is the most important thing to me right now. You and the children."

I wanted to argue with him, to tell him he was incorrect in his statement, but I chose a different path. "I understand, and even though I'm not happy with it, I'll accept it for now."

Lies. It was all lies. I wasn't going to sit idly by.

"Good," he replied before he stood to his feet. "I have a feeling that they might come here, Ivy, to get you, and that is another reason why the barrier was put up. Because we can protect the house, but not if you try to run out and give yourself up in order to protect one of us."

He knew me too well, and as a small smile tried to force its way onto my lips, I held it back. I didn't want him to see I knew very well what he would do if they came for me. Each of those men would turn around and lay their lives on the line to protect me and the children from whatever forces tried to take me. But what they didn't realize was I was prepared for that game should the Council come seeking to take me.

It would honestly make things one hundred times easier if they came here because it meant I had fewer miles to travel. I needed to seek the guidance of the Goddesses to speak to Frigga and make sure what was coming was what I had thought I had seen before.