And Then There Were Four

Pollux.

I was never a man who cared for envying other people, and in all honesty, I had been a complete asshole over the past few weeks. Not only while being here, but also before we came here. My sister was my twin, and even though we were completely different and irritated the shit out of each other, I couldn't tell her no.

The way she looked at me with pleading eyes asking me to help her because she believed more than anything that Lucas was being controlled, I couldn't say no. I couldn't let her down and not help her when she needed it most.

Even though I thought she was full of shit... even though I thought this was all pointless.

"You're doing the right thing, Lux." Trixie's voice pulled me from my thoughts as she came to sit next to me at the table in the dining hall. I had been so against her initially, but the last few days, I had spent more time with her because of everything going on with Cassie. She wasn't like I had expected her to be and when I stared at her glowing green eyes and electric blue hair, I saw a woman far more exotic and beautiful than I ever saw before. A woman who was capable of so much, and yet had been so vastly misunderstood. "Am I, though? I can't help but feel she is wasting her time."

Trixie sighed as she stared at me. I didn't understand why she was so willing to stand by Cassie in this charade of trying to help a man who didn't even want to be her mate. It was embarrassing, and all she was doing was hurting herself even further.

"People act weird when they are in love, and even if he doesn't want her, Cassie has a good heart. If you haven't been able to tell already, Cassie sees things in people others overlook."

There was something in Trixie's eyes as she spoke that made me wonder if she was slightly directing that at me. If she wasn't trying to say I overlooked things, and maybe also that I was acting weird.

All of it confused me to be honest, and as I tried to wrap my head around everything going on, Lucas walked back into the dining hall with Zia on his arm and every part of me wanted to lose control. Every part of me wanted to rip him apart for what he was doing to my sister, and he must have felt my anger because when he looked at me, he smirked.

"Don't..." Trixie softly placed a hand on my arm, "let it go. We are supposed to be helping her, not making things worse."

"I can't fucking stand him. Even before we came here, Lucas was nothing but a thorn in my side. So many times I had the chance to get rid of him, and yet... I couldn't."

Standing to my feet, I gripped the

edge of the

table and stared atProperty belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Lucas, who sat with a group of kids on the far side of the dining hall. His arm, still draped around Zia. She

kissed his neck as if they were

thoroughly in love.

The entire sight sickened me, and it made me want to rip him apart even more. But before I could do anything, Trixie stood beside me, her hand tightening around my arm. "Come on... let's get out of here."

Every part of me was screaming the moment Trixie touched me. Begging to leave with her and forget all of the troubles I had. Yet, I was scared.

Scared of what my future would be like and how people would view me because of her.

"Okay," I sighed as I let her lead me from the hall. "Where are we going?"

She smiled, giving a small laugh as we made our way towards the front door of the school, and out into the evening air. "You're going to go back to your room. You have had a long day, and the last few days haven't been easy-" "My room? Trixie," I replied softly as she gripped my arm tighter and pulled me forward.

"No buts about it, sir. You are Mr. Grumpypants right now, and that isn't safe for anyone." Her teasing remark was cute, and hearing her speak the way she was made me smile.

Silence filled us with small bits of

banter here and there, and I finally found myself feeling comfortable with a woman for the first time in a long time. She was so different from the other women I had known, and honestly, it was refreshing

"Can I say something?" I asked her, listening to her chuckle as she nodded her head. "You don't have to ask if you can ask me something, Lux. Just ask the question."

Glancing at her, the amused smile that crossed her lips made a warm rush of feeling pass over me. Even in a simple pair of leggings and an oversized shirt I was pretty sure was designer-even though it looked like

Ine

it came out of the garbage she was hot.

"Right," I smiled, "well, if you want, you can come up... I'm just going to catch up on some work. Maybe you can help me with some of the magic stuff."