And Then There Were Four novel Chapter 368

Taking one step after the other, I wandered around the room, admiring everything there was to admire. From hand-carved tables with toppled chairs, tons of books that littered the floor, as well dust that laid blanketed upon every surface in the area.

Never had I seen something so old and beautiful at the same time. I let my fingers brush over some of the multicolored spines as my feet crunched upon scattered papers, I was curious as to what had happened here to leave it in such chaos.

"So within all of this, you think we will find what I need to figure everything out?"

My words bounced off the walls, and as I turned to look at Silas from over my shoulder, he stood watching me. "In a way, I suppose."

"In a way?" I repeated, furrowing my brow, "what do you mean?"

Stepping forward, his arms falling at his sides he stared at me, and the intensity of that stare made my breath catch in my throat. I didn't understand what it was about him that made my heart flutter like it did, but twhen he stepped inches in front of me, a wave of nervousness washed over me I hadn't expected.

"In order for you to find out about current things… I think it's best for you to learn about the past. About the gods, and more importantly about who you are, Cassie. Odin and the others have been hiding the truth, but it's wrong."

His words confused me, and the sincerity in his eyes let me know he was telling the truth. Yet, knowing Odin–my grandfather–and the others were hiding things from me didn't sit well in my stomach. "Why are they hiding things from me?"

He brushed his hand down my shoulder gently before moving a strand of hair from my face. "Because they don't think you're ready to know. I was ordered never to tell you, but I can't keep things from you… not with…"

On a heavy exhale, he didn't finish his sentence, but with the way he was looking at me, I could almost tell what he was going to say. He was going to tell me how he cared about me, but I didn't need him to tell me for me to know. I should have been disgusted with him advancing on me because I was supposed to be with Lucas but I wasn't.

Part of me wanted him to kiss me… part of me wanted him to take me and make me his.