And Then There Were Four (Lilith Carrie)

I was losing hope.

I was feeling like we would never get her back.

"She isn't dead," Priscilla said as she finished helping the doctor take Ivy's vitals. They two were just as concerned about her not having woken up, but Priscilla was ever the optimist in this.

"I don't understand why she's not waking up."

My comment caused her to glance over at where my brothers and I were standing. A small smile littered her face as she slowly stood. "It will be okay."

"Will it, though?" I snapped in frustration. It had been six months, and though we had been taking care of the twins, she had missed out on so much. From their first time crawling to them eating solid foods. There was so much she had missed out on, and it killed me every day knowing she had. We needed her back desperately.

We needed her to be here with us, because without her here, nothing in this world made sense.

"Just give her time, and she will wake up. Things like this can't be rushed. She used a lot of energy to bring you back, Damien. She exerted herself to limits we didn't think were possible. If she were dead, we would know, but her heart still beats very strong. It is her mind that is weak and her mind can take a long time to heal."

Priscilla was right, as usual, and as we all nodded in agreement, she stood and left with the doctor. "I suppose for now we continue what we were doing."

Hale's comment caused me to turn and glare at him. I knew he was right, but it didn't mean that he had to point out the obvious. A lot of things had changed around the back since I had last been here before the war. One of them being that, I left Hale in charge.

When I came back, he tried to get me to take back over being Alpha, but in the end, I declined. He had done a far better job than I and honestly, I never wanted it.

I wanted none of it.

I took the position only because I was the oldest, and looking back, I shouldn't have. I should have given it to Hale back then because he was the only one out of the four of us who could do it with a level head. And I was proud of him.

"You have a meeting today with our allies, correct?" I asked him as I turned from the room with my brothers and headed downstairs.

"You know, Damien, if you're going to constantly keep reminding me of the things that I need to do, you should have just stayed alpha."

"Look, you are the alpha. I was no good at it, and you have done wonderfully accept your position," I replied as I plopped down onto the sofa with a smirk on my lips.

"I have accepted my position, yet

you keep trying to interfere in all of it. Why don't you find yourself a

hobby then? I mean, you've never et

had free time in your life. Spend

more time with the children. Go find something to do."

Something to do like that was even fucking possible. I hadn't actually had fun since I had been in school, and even then, I still had responsibilities.

"When Ivy is awake, I will then take free time. Until then, I will continue to help the three of you run this pack properly and I will spend more time with the children as I have been since the day I woke up." They knew I was serious, as I always was.

Yet, deep down in their bond, I could tell that they were unsure if I was actually okay. How was I supposed to show them I was okay, considering everything that we had been through? "Just give it time, Damien. Everything is going to work out." James's words were comforting in a way. I knew he was right. In time, Ivy would wake up and everything would go back to normal. But until that happened, I would simply have to patiently wait.

A knock at the front door drew all of our attention, and narrowing my brows, I looked at my brothers with confusion. We weren't expecting anybody, and the doctor and Priscilla had left a while ago.

Standing to my feet, I walked towards the doors with my brothers behind me, and as I opened it, my eyes went wide with surprise. Standing before me was none other than the Valkyrie that had once aided Ivy. "Kara, isn't it?" I asked, slightly confused, hoping I had gotten her name right.

"I am glad that you still remember me," she said with a hint of amusement in her voice as she pushed past me and my brothers and entered the house.

"What are you doing here? Ivy isn't awake yet."

"Oh, I know she is, and I have waited six months patiently for her to do so. However, it seems that things are slightly in limbo for the time being so unfortunately, there's something that i'm going to have to discuss with you guys and you will not be happy about it."

Fuck, why does she always come with bad news.