And Then There Were Four novel Chapter 96

Chapter 96: Uncertain Futures

As soon as the party was over and everyone had gone, I helped my mom and Kate move everything I had received up into the nursery. Not twenty minutes into working, Damian found me, and the scowl on his face spoke volumes to his mood.

“Damian, if you have come to yell at me, please don’t.”

My mother and Kate stopped in their tracks as they glanced towards where Damian stood off to the side. My eyes were concentrating on the beautiful mobile in my hand. The celestial crystal was mesmerizing, and as I looked up towards the cribs, I tried to think of where to hang it.

“Ivy, we need to talk,” Damian said, causing a sigh to escape me.

“I figured you would want to.” I turned to him. “Kate, can you hang this over the twins’ cribs please?”

Handing the mobile to Kate, I moved towards Damian and exited the nursery making my way towards his room. “Let’s talk.”

When the door to his room closed behind me, I turned to face him, and the look in his eyes was no longer of anger but extreme remorse. “Why did you interfere today, Ivy?”

“What do you mean, why? You’re my mate, Damian. I won’t let them take you from me.”

Shaking his head, he moved towards me and lowered himself onto the bed. “I don’t deserve you, though. I was willing to go with them in order to protect you.”

“Protect me? What are you talking about?”

As his eyes met mine, I watched the tears build within him he refused to let fall. “They want to kill you, Ivy. You’re a threat to them, and if they take you out, they dismantle our pack.”

I hadn’t really thought too much about what he was saying before, but honestly, it made a lot of sense. If I was in their position, I would do the same.

“That doesn’t mean that you sacrifice yourself for me, Damian. You’re needed here, and we have two beautiful children on the way that are going to need you. You don’t just try and throw that all away.” 

“I wasn’t throwing it away,” he scoffed. “Plus, what good am I going to be to them? I’m broken, Ivy.”

Never had I once seen Damian in the state he was. He was literally sulking, and something deeper was bothering him. Stepping closer to him, I ran my hand over the side of

his face and smiled.

“I can see that you’re hiding something from me, and until we talk about it, things are going to remain as they are.”

“I’m fine,” he sighed, moving his face from my hand.

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“No, you’re not. Now tell me why you think you’re broken.”

“It’s not something easily explained, Ivy.” He stood to his feet. “If I tell you, you’re going to look at me differently.”

“Don’t assume things, Damian. We have been through hell and back since the moment I got here. If I was going to pass judgment like that, I would have done it already.”

Staring at him, I could tell whatever it was conflicted him, and I hated it. For him to think he couldn’t talk to me because I would think ill of him was ridiculous, but I was patient. I would wait if he wanted me to.

“Ivy, i’m losing my wolf.”

The words that came out of his mouth were not what I expected. It wasn’t possible for him to lose his wolf. He was a werewolf. It was who he was.

“How… that doesn’t make sense. You’re a werewolf, Damian.”

“I didn’t notice it before, but since the claim… I feel it. It’s like part of me is slipping away, and I don’t know what’s going to happen to me. That’s why I was fine with taking your place for judgment,” he replied as if that was logical.

“Damian, why didn’t you tell me this before?”

Throwing his hands up in the air, he gave a soft desperate laugh, “I don’t know, Ivy. It isn’t like we have ever really had the chance to talk about things like this.”

Staring at him, I tried to wrap my mind around what he was saying. He wasn’t making sense, and for him to think he was losing his wolf was crazy. 

“I think you need to talk to Priscilla about this, Damian.” I breathed. “I honestly don’t know what to say. I mean… what would cause you to lose yourself? Like I said.. You’re a werewolf. That’s like telling a human they’re losing their humanity.”

“Maybe you’re right,” he replied, staring at me. “Priscilla is the right person to talk

to.”

The sarcasm was heavy in his tone, and that annoyed me more than anything. “Don’t act like that. I’m only being honest, Damian. This is serious, and if you really think you are, we need to find out from someone why that would be. She’s your aunt… I mean, she should know something, right?”

Turning away from me, he made his way towards the door. “Well, I’ll go talk to her then. I’m sorry to have bothered you with this.”

“Damian,”I called after him as he walked out of the open doorway, disappearing from my sight. “Are you f*****g kidding me, man?” I muttered with aggravation.

“What was that about?” Hale asked in confusion as he glanced at me, and then back down the hallways where Damian had gone. “Don’t tell me you guys are fighting again.”

“No,” I sighed as I walked towards him. “He just has some s’it on his mind, and he thought I could help, but honestly, this is something I wouldn’t even know how to deal with.”

Rolling my eyes, I groaned. “I’m not a goddess. I don’t know why everyone seems to think that I am. I’m far from godly… I’m a murderer.”

“I have to go down to the training field and help James. I will be back later, though. Are you going to be okay?”

the books Priscilla had given me… I wasn’t living like a Luna.

“So you’re saying they will be back?”