And Then There Were Four novel Chapter 62

Chapter 62: Family Secrets

Ivy POV

Two days passed since the incident with Hale, and it had become more than awkward around the house. The guys seemed content with whatever project they were working on, but I had no doubt that it had to deal with Talon.

On more than one occasion, I heard his name mentioned and even heard Damian get angry. Walking down stairs, I made my way towards the living room. My eyes landing on James who sat reclined on the sofa watching T.V. “Hey, you,” I smiled, watching him turn to me.

“Hey, did you sleep well?” He asked as I slid in between his legs and got comfortable.

“Yeah,” I sighed, “has there been any news on Talon yet?”

A heavy breath left him as he pondered over what I was saying. I knew he didn’t want to tell me what was going on, but at the same time, it was time they told me something.

“We still aren’t sure”

“Don’t give me that,” I snapped, as I turned my eyes to his. “Don’t lie to me. I know you know something, otherwise Damian wouldn’t be as angry as he is.”

“It isn’t that, Ivy,” he said, as he kissed the side of my head. “There are other problems going on, too. Allison is trying everything she can to get you and us removed from our positions. Saying that we are playing with the political aspects of a pack and are no longer capable of leading.”

This was something I knew that I hadn’t heard before. A few days ago when we arrived back, I was sure that Allison had been cast aside and was going to leave us alone.

But that would have been too easy.

“Why is she doing this?” I asked, but deep down in my chest, I knew the answer.

She didn’t like me, and I was a problem in her eyes.

“Damian already told you about how she has been towards us growing up, Ivy. Everything is more complicated than you think, and he wants you to stay out of it.”

“Of course, he does,” I groaned, rolling my eyes. Damian acted like I was a China doll, and didn’t want me to be part of anything. He thought he knew best and had since the day I had gotten here. “Can you at least explain to me about Hale?”

James’ eyes caught mine again just as footsteps approached the living room. The devil himself appeared and as his eyes caught mine, I could see his hesitation. “What do you want to know?” Hale asks softly.

“The truth that’s all I ever want. I don’t want you lying to me or hiding things from me anymore. We should be past that type of relationship.”

I didn’t miss the way Hale and James looked at each other as if in some sort of unspoken language. There was more that they were hiding, but if we could start here, I wouldn’t push it further.

Hale moved towards an armchair and took a seat across from us. His demeanor had changed since the first moment I saw him, and now something more sinister seemed to lurk beneath the surface.

“Our mother was a full-blooded wolf shifter. She came from this pack actually, and her family was the original family. Yet, when my mother came of age to find her mate, she found it in the most unlikely of places.” Hale said with a sigh, she found herself mated to darkness.”

“Darkness?” I questioned furrowing my brow, “but I thought it was all about the moon and light.”

Soft chuckles left the men as Hale shook his head, “no Ivy, but that is the dream, isn’t it.”

“Ivy, things aren’t like the stories others have told the world. Shifters are not light and happiness. We are creatures of darkness.

Chapter 62 Family Secrets

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Cursed by the moon.”

I was beginning to realize that there was still so much I didn’t know, and as I let it process, my eyes met Hale’s once more. “You aren’t darkness, Hale.”

A flicker of light in the depths of his eyes seemed to spark for a moment as the corner of his lips turned up, you always see the light in everything, don’t you?”

“Maybe,” I smirked, shrugging my shoulders, “continue… I want to hear it all.”

Shaking his head, he sighed with a wide grin as he rubbed his hands against the tops of his thighs, “well… My father was the darkness she found. He was mixed between a wolf shifter and something far more ancient-a Lycan. The race of Lycans died or supposedly had died, but yet something happened where the last of them mixed with wolf shifters to preserve the bloodline.”

Something deep inside me understood clearly what he was saying, and my mind raced with dreams that I had had once upon a time. Dreams that were more nightmares and haunted me every time I closed my eyes.

“All of you can look like that?” I finally asked after a moment of hesitation. My eyes glossed over the three of them with curiosity.

“No, Ivy.” Damian replied, “just the twins. They took after our father more, whereas James and I took more after our mother. It’s a simple case of inherited genetics. We are stronger than most wolves, though, and our senses are far more heightened than normal shifters.”