And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

Staring up at the eyes of the man who stepped through the portal, my ears almost went deaf from what he had said. Not only did he say he was Odin... as in the freaking God of Gods... but he was also my fucking dad. "What are you talking about?" I was a chaotic mess, and as the tears flowed freely down my face, I tried to wrap my mind around what had happened. The war might have been over, but the problem was Damian was gone. With him gone, it had all been for nothing.

My heart was absolutely broken.

"I mean exactly what I said, my daughter. I am your actual father, though the circumstances behind that are not as you would expect."

"So you're telling me that my father is actually a God and the man Zane, who had proclaimed to be my father, wasn't?" I asked with confusion. There was no way this was possible, that I was the daughter of Odin.

He stared at me for a moment before Frigga nudged him, catching his attention. No words came from her mouth, but instead, she nodded to Damian and cocked an expectant brow.

"Of course, dear," he replied under his breath before turning and making his way toward Damian.

I wasn't quite sure what they were planning on doing, but Odin wasted no time in kneeling at Damian's side, his eyes gazing over the wound on Damian's neck with concern. "Please, don't take him from me."

My words caused him to turn his gaze towards me with furrowed brows. "Your mate has not passed over into the land of the dead yet. His spirit still lingers here with us now. I can heal his wounds, but it is up to you and his brothers to bring him back." "Bring him back? We can do that?" James's voice said in shock.

Turning my gaze behind me, I looked at my three mates, who had all shifted back. They stared with tears in their eyes, and hope on their faces. Never had I seen them this upset before, but Damian was their brother.

He was the person they had always looked up to.

"Yes, my children, you can bring your brother back. But it is also down to him if he wishes to return. He may be here in spirit among us, but his will is what will drive him to stay with you."

Nothing but riddles floated in the air between us all. I wasn't quite sure whether we could make it happen, but if we had to, I would do whatever it took to bring him back to me.

"Heal him then. I will bring him back. I will do it even if it takes every ounce of me."

A small smile crossed Odin's face as he nodded his head, bending down towards Damien's lifeless body. He waved his hand over the wound on Damien's neck, and instantly had healed I was still in shock over how these gods and goddesses could work magic, but as soon as he was done, he turned his gaze Back

towards me.

"Loki will be taken care of for everything that he has done here. If it had not been for the strength of you and your mates, none of this would have been possible, but I do ask one thing of you." "What is it? I will do anything to make sure that I have my mate back," I replied with desperation.

"We will need to close this gate once more. That way, no one can come back through who isn't supposed to be here. It was done before, but it will need to be done again," he

replied as he looked at Frigo net

As

much as we would love to be able to come and go... we cannot. It isn't safe for the human realm to mingle

with our kind."

I realized what he's saying. There was too much power in the realm of where they lived for the mortal realm to be able to withstand it. We had our own issues here, and while the Council members who had come here were now dead-we weren't safe. There were now packs without Alpha's and wolves without mates.

Retaliation would more than likely come one day, and when it did, we would have to be ready. We would have to realize that standing together would be our only way to survive.

"I understand. As soon as you leave, I will close the portal and seal it from our world."

Nodding his head, he turned back to the shimmering portal in the air. Loki had been cast back and was now their problem to bear. I, however, was left with nothing but kind words from Frigga before her and Odin, and those who had come with them disappeared from our sight.

Closing my eyes, I let my celestial orbs take in the shimmering portal, and with a wave of my hand, I closed and sealed it forever. Never again would their realm walk amongst ours. At least, not while I was alive.

Turning my eyes back toward

Damian, a sob escaped my throat as

I came closer and brushed the hair

from his face. "My love, I know that you can hear me. Odin said that you were here with me in spirit, and want you to know that I need you. We all do. It doesn't matter to me if you think that you're incomplete because in my eyes, you're not. You are everything to me."

"Ivy, if we're going to do this, we need to do it soon," Hale said softly as he knelt down at my side, staring at his brother, who lay lifeless on the ground.