And Then There Were Four

Chapter 152

Chapter 152: Waking Lucas

Shocked by everything going on, I didn’t know what to say when Trixie froze Lucas in place and referred to him as a darkling. Moreover, I didn’t know what to think about Pollux coming to my rescue. It was evident something was wrong with Lucas by the way he was acting, but never did I consider myself to be weak in a moment where I shouldn’t have been.

With his hand on my back, Pollux ushered me into Lucas‘ room as Trixie used her powers to glide him backward and then lower him onto his bed. She seemed almost entranced with her movements as her powers radiated through the space, catching me by surprise. Of course, she had powers, but this… this was something else entirely.

“How did you do that?” The question left my lips before I could actually contemplate what I said and as she touched her hand to Lucas‘ forehead, his eyes closed before hers. turned to me.

“It’s part of my powers, and he is asleep. Not sure how long as I have never tried to use that on someone but we can hope for the best.” She pushed a strand of hair behind her ear as she glanced at my brother and quickly looked back at me.

They were mates, and the flirting gesture made me smirk before realizing I had to figure out what was happening. “What’s a darkling?”

Trixie and my brother both looked at each other before looking at me. My brother knew, and that was honestly unex- pected. Usually, he didn’t know anything like that, and I was the one filling him in. Opening and closing his mouth, he glanced at Trixie, urging her with his head to say something, to which she rolled her eyes and groaned. “You’re no help, are you?”

“Oh, just fucking tell her,” he snapped, rolling his own eyes. Both of them acted as if they were closer now than they had been before which was weird considering it wasn’t that long ago he was being a dick.

“It means that he is the child of a God who plays within. the shadows. There are a few, but it’s rare to find the children as they are often killed.”

As if her words held magic, Freya walked into the room with a smile on her face. Her long hair was braided in sections. and adorned with small flowers. She glanced at Lucas with a raised brow and turned towards me. “I’m glad you all finally figured it out. Too bad he wasn’t aware.” Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

My mind was blown by the fact everyone knew and I had- n’t, nor had Lucas… at least we were assuming he hadn’t. “How do we fix him?”

Freya furrowed her brows and sighed, “I can’t tell you that I’m afraid but I can say you have friends who can help.”

“Why are you here then if you’re not doing anything?” Pollux snapped, saying exactly what I was thinking.

Freya shrugged her shoulders with a smile and as she turned towards the door and then looked over her shoulder, I knew for sure she had come for a reason. “Odin wants to see you, Cassie… you weren’t in your room so I figured you might be here with your… whatever you want to call him.”

She didn’t bother to wait for a reply before she was out the door, leaving me there wondering what the hell was going on. Turning to Pollux and Trixie, I stood dumbfounded. “What the hell am I supposed to do… I can’t leave right now.”

“So then don’t,” Pollux sneered, rolling his eyes as he crossed his arms over his chest.

Trixie, however, was quick to shake her head with wide. eyes, “You can’t refuse Odin, Cassie. Just go. I think I know what we can do to try and help Lucas. I can’t promise it will work long term, though.”

“You can’t leave Trixie in here alone with Lucas,” Pollux scoffed with laughter.

Smirking, I turned to him, “That’s why you’re staying here. with her. I’m sure you can protect her from Lucas if something happens.”

Pollux’s mouth dropped open as he glanced at Trixie, who was beaming with a mischievous grin as I turned and made my way toward the door. I wanted to look back and admire Lucas one more time before I left but I couldn’t. I had to stay focused.

Step by step, I made my way down the hallway toward the hall where Odin resided. I didn’t know my way around this place very well but I did the best I could to get by. So when I finally approached and my eyes set upon the golden throne Odin sat on, I couldn’t help but admire him and also shake in fear.

Was he going to kill me for what I did?

Or was he going to help me… the question was one often unanswered.

Pollux.

The moment Cassie left, I was in shock. Trixie, my gor- geous mate who wasn’t a shifter, seemed nothing but pleased with the situation I was currently in. The idea of being alone. with her was driving my beast crazy with the desire to claim. her, but I refused.

How was she going to help me lead when she couldn’t take care of herself?

It was a joke, honestly. A mistake by fate.

“You don’t seem pleased to be here with me,” Trixie stat- ed, causing me to focus my attention on her and taking in ev- ery detail of her face down to her enchanting eyes. Never in my life had I wanted to kiss someone as much as I did then, and as I fought the urge to do so, I scoffed in response.

“I had things to do, so don’t think it had to deal with you.”

“Right.” She laughed. “Whatever you have to tell yourself.”

She was quick to go back to what she was doing, her fig- ure pacing around the room as I watched her. She had reached out to someone, but I wasn’t sure who the hell it was. There was something about her I loved and couldn’t get over, and the realization I didn’t know what it was frustrated me.

“What are you doing?” I asked, watching as she waved her hands up and down Lucas‘ body as if she was doing witch- craft or something.

“Do you always ask this many questions?”

Taken back by her response, I stood there for a moment. “Excuse me?

Trixie sighed with annoyance as she turned towards me, placing her hands on her hips. No matter how sweet and bub- bly this girl was, I could see behind the front she had a fiery attitude which was not something you wanted to mess with.

She proved that when she quickly put Lucas in his place before he could do something to Cassie or me. Even though she wasn’t a shifter, I had to admire her for her strong–willed nature. “You heard me, Pollux.”

Pollux? No one here called me by my first name but Cassie, and yet the moment this woman said my name, I felt my balls tighten with anticipation.

“Look, just tell me what the plan is. I don’t want to argue.” Changing my tone with her, she smiled brightly before a knock came at the door. Trixie didn’t look surprised by it, and in fact, got excited as she quickly answered the door.

“Sansa!” She squealed excitedly as the light–skinned girl entered the room. Her eyes fell on me and then darted toward Trixie with a raised brow as if she was unsure of what she walked into. was going to ask why you were in here with Lucas, but seeing Pollux is in here as well, I want to remind you I’m not up for group orgies-”

“Oh my god, no!” I quickly exclaimed, cutting the woman off causing her and Trixie to laugh at my outburst.

“Calm down, Lux… I’m only teasing,” Sansa replied as she walked toward the bed, pulling a brown satchel from her shoulder and setting it down. “So, we need to strip his mind of darkness… sounds like fun.”

I wasn’t sure what she was talking about, but Trixie walked around to the other side of the bed, looking down at Lucas with a quizzical glare that made me slightly uncomfort- able. “You know, for an asshole, he is attractive.”

“Yeah,” Sansa sighed looking at Lucas as well, “Cassie def- initely got a keeper.”

Scoffing, I rolled my eyes, pulling both of their attention toward me. “Can we get to what we need to do, please? I have other places I’d rather be.”

“Are you jealous, Pollux?” Trixie asked me as she slowly made her way from the bed toward me. “Do you not like me making comments about other men?”

I was frozen in place, unsure of what to say. The primal dominant in me wanted to put her in her place and show her who she belonged to and who was in charge. But the other part of me refused to break down from the expectations I had upon myself since youth.

I was an Alpha with a pack to protect.

I couldn’t have weaknesses within my reign, or my pack would fall and I would fail.

Taking a deep breath through my mouth, trying to not let her amazing aroma of jasmine and honey flood my senses, I shook my head and kept a calm neutral expression. “Why would I be jealous over you, Trixie? There is no reason.”

Sansa quickly snapped up from where she had been bent over, and a fire in her eyes showed how angry she was at that moment. “Who the fuck do you think you are speaking to her like that?”

Trixie quickly glanced over her shoulder, shaking her head at Sansa for her outburst. Something I hadn’t been expecting her to do. “It’s okay, Sansa. I’m not bothered by what he has to say. In fact, the pain of the mate bond only affects him. So if this is what he wants, I’m fine with that.”

Hearing her reply to the situation gripped my heart and twisted my stomach. How could she think that? She should be enraged!

“Nice to know you don’t care. Makes things easier,” | snapped at her, but instead of her being hurt by my outburst, she simply laughed and walked over to the bed as if every- thing that happened just then between us meant nothing.

“Sansa, are you ready to wake dear Lucas?” she asked her friend, my presence quickly put into the background as the two women got ready to do whatever witchy shit Sansa had planned.

“Sure am… now, if only I didn’t have to worry about anoth- er dick in the room… not that I can promise this won’t backfire and take another man for payment.”

Her eyes darted toward me with amusement as I tried to understand what she meant. There was no use in the end, though, because before I could open my lips, she placed her hands on the side of Lucas‘ head, and she spoke the words to set him free.

“Come forth from darkness, and fill the light-”

The Latin that left her throat after her first bit of words went by in a flash, and with a blinding white light that lit the room, Lucas gasped for air and shot upright in the bed. His breathing came in ragged as he glanced around looking more confused than I had ever seen him in my entire life.