And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Now they want fucking details on that shit!

Like it was something I really wanted to explain. I mean, being a werewolf is one thing I had years to adapt to. The fact that I shifted into a wolf, that is.

This, though, was not natural to me at all.

"She was... you know..." I shrugged. "Riding me, and then she kind of like, I don't know, said this name. It's a name I don't want to say because I don't want to accidentally wake myself up again... but it was like I was pushed into the back of my mind and watched as a passenger. As she and the animal, whatever thing I was kind of like, continued to fornicate."

My explanations were exaggerated as I used my hands to kind of show the motions of fornication. All of which made Talon burst into laughter, as if it was the funniest shit he had ever seen in his life, slapping his hand against his knees, clutching his stomach kind of laughter.

Hale, however, didn't laugh.

He stared at me with that scrutinizing gaze once more, as if he was unsure to believe what I was telling him. But I was being honest. I wouldn't have been freaked out if it was all a fucking joke.

I mean, come on, it's not every day your girl comes in and wakes you up playing with your Johnson and then decides she's just going to awaken the beast like a tickle me fucking Elmo.

"I think we may have a problem," Hale replied before he reached over to Talon and shoved him to get him to shut up.

"Hey man, why did you do that?" Talon yelled at him. "You can't say this shit ain't funny. I mean, we all knew it was going to happen one day. She just did it a lot sooner."

"The problem is though, Talon, she shouldn't have been able to do that until he had already shifted, and he hasn't. The Lycan awakens in battle. That is the story. That is what we've been told, even what Father wrote down in his journals. The Lycan always awakened in battle."

Never once had I heard that, and perhaps that was something Hale and Talon should have shared with Damien and I a long time ago when he researched it. However, I was also always too busy with the different women, so I can see where that lesson would have been lost in translation, so to speak.

"Can I read the journals?" I asked, watching as Hale turned to me with a curious glint in his eyes.

"You know, I did try to get you to read them and learn about it years ago, but instead, at the time, you're only thinking with your dick. So now that your dick has gotten you in

trouble, you finally want to heed the

I

warning I gave you."

Nodding slowly, I bit on my bottom lip until a voice called through the air that made me freeze on the spot. It was Ivy, and as I glanced towards the house, she was standing at the backdoor calling for me and my brothers. "James, where are you?"

Fuck.

What the fuck was I supposed to do now? I couldn't confront her. What if she was gonna, like, make me change again? I was panicking, and my brothers must have been able to tell because they each laid a hand om my shoulder and smiled at me.

"Hey man, you need to calm down," Talon said softly before Hale spoke up.

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"Talon is right? You need to get your shit together because right now, Ivy is herself, and if she feels like she's done something to upset you, there is a good chance that she will fucking snap at you. So unless you want to have an argument with her, pull yourself together. You're acting like she just gave you the fucking plague."

As my brothers turned and walked towards her, clearing the massive grassy space in between where we were standing at the back of the house, I could see the smile on her face light up as they drew near. The same smile that drew me from my panic and urged me forward.

They were right. I did need to get my shit together, but I could not believe the crap that happened last night.

I wasn't sure what exactly she was, but she was my mate, and I had to trust her.

Maybe this was for the best... or maybe I was delusional, and she was up to something.