Casted (Casted series)

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Authors: Sonya Loveday
would be baby sitting me?
    The truth hit me. I knew who would be watching over me. It was Dagger.
    Dagger, the one who looked like he was going to chew nails, because he was at his wits end? No wonder he didn’t want to talk to me. I was the reason he was being separated from his Coven. He’d officially just become my protector.
    Jessa came to stand in front of me. “I know you don’t want to hear this, but it’s for the best, Jade. Dagger is the strongest of the Coven and he’s the smartest when it comes to staying hidden.”
    “Jade, it’s the only way we can keep you safe now. Matheson promises that it will only be for a little while. At least until they exhaust their resources looking for you. Then, we will meet up at the final safe house and continue on like we were before.” Rainy’s tone pleaded for me to understand.
    I know they didn’t like it but they were sticking together in order to keep me safe. After all, it’s what I would do for them.
    “At least you’ll have some serious eye candy to keep you company.” She smiled “Although, I think if you keep kicking refrigerator doors at him, it could get ugly.” Jessa, as always, was being Jessa. Snarky comments aside, she meant well.
    “I’m supposed to just be okay with this?” I asked them.
    Rainy enveloped me in a tight hug. “We have no choice. I will do everything they ask of us to keep you safe.”
    “If what Matheson said is true, you have magic like no one has ever seen. That will make the Triad desperate to either capture you or kill you. I won’t stand by and let that happen,” Jessa said.
    Jessa’s loyalty to those she loves ran deep. I was lucky to have such a person in my life.
    “Where will you go?” I asked.
    “Neither one of us have been told where we are going, just that we will be heading in opposite directions to split the Triad forces. It will make them scramble to keep up. After the split, you and Dagger will leave,” Jessa replied.
    “Wait a minute, that means you’re not just splitting up…you’re bait!” Panic set in. They were using themselves to pull the danger away from me. They could be killed - so that I could sneak off and hide. There was no way I could face that. If something happened to them, I wouldn’t be able to live with myself.
    “No! I won’t let you do this. We go together or not at all. If I’m caught, then that’s the price I’ll pay, but I can not allow you to do this for me.”
    “It’s already decided, Jade. Besides, it’s not up to you how I live my life and right now, this is the only chance we have to make it out of this alive.” Jessa wasn’t going to let me have my martyr moment. If anything, she’d be shoving me off that pedestal so she could earn the prized spot for stupidity.
    “Jade, there is no other option for us right now. You might not like it, but it’s what has to be done. I want all of us to make it out of this alive. If that means we have to split up for a while, then so be it.” Rainy pressed her point. “I don’t like it any more than you do, but if it means we all live then I will do as the Coven wishes.”
    I was out numbered and it pissed me off. But what could I do? Run? Yeah right, I probably wouldn’t make it past the front yard. Then Dagger would have his excuse to throttle me like he’d wanted to do in the kitchen.
    Besides, I’m too selfish. I would want to know where Jessa and Rainy ended up will be. If I were to leave, then, I might never know.
    “Promise me you’ll do what the Coven wants,” Rainy said.
    “I have no choice, do I? I’m to do what they ask, even if it means putting you in the line of fire?” I knew I was being stubborn, but how could I let them take the chance on dying to save me? That was too much for the Coven to ask for.
    “In case you haven’t noticed, we’re all in the line of fire. I don’t want to hear anymore on this, Jade. We’re all grown ass people, making grown ass decisions that may or may not kill us.

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