Chapter 28 : Not Safe

*Sasha*

A hand on my arm pulled me from a trembling, sweaty nightmare.

“Sasha sweety?" Lucas murmured, stroking my arm up and down.

When I opened my eyes, he took my hand, threading his fingers through mine.

“Lucas," I croaked. “She was here–that old priestess."

“I know." Lucas looked away from me, shame written on his face. “She disguised herself somehow, I think using magic. We all thought she was the doctor. I should have known better."

“Lucas, I thought she was a doctor too… until her eyes changed," I sighed, squeezing his hand.

Lucas shook his head. “This is a bad development. I… I need to talk to Brady. You just rest." He smoothed the sweaty hair off my face. “How's the head?"

I turned my head this way and that. “Well, whatever she did, whatever evil she might have in mind for the future, I think she did actually cure my concussion."

“That's good, at least," Lucas mumbled. He kissed my hand, then tucked it next to me. “I'll just be in the office. Brady and I… we're going to come up with a plan."

I reached for Lucas when he stood, and he looked back at me. “Maybe I can help?"

“Later, princess," Lucas said, settling my hand back beside me again. “For now, Brady and I can talk it out."

“Hmph," I grumbled as Lucas walked out of the bedroom. Overbearing ass.

I slipped out of the bed and padded down the hall after Lucas.

Phoebe was hovering outside the office already. She put a finger to her lips.

I had to stop myself from laughing as the two of us crept close to the partially-open door to listen in.

“... can't risk taking the orb to court. And I can't risk King Xander or Queen Lena knowing about it. They'll probably start calling in experts and poking and prodding the thing, and Goddess knows what that will do to Sasha," Lucas was saying.

“Agreed," Brady said after a moment. “The fewer people who know about it, the better… I mean, at least until you figure out what this mission from the Goddess is. At least now that you have the orb, Sasha's been returning to you. If it falls into the wrong hands–"

“Exactly," Lucas sighed.

I snuck a peek and saw the orb was laying on its silk covering, exposed, on the desk between them. It was still blue from my last journey, but was not glowing or pulsing anymore.

“I think the two of you would be able to hear better if you came in here," Brady called, and Phoebe and I both blushed and slunk into the office.

Lucas frowned at me, but turned back to Brady. “What do you suggest?"

“If it's an artifact of the ancient Church of the White Queen, I think… well… wouldn't your mother be the ideal source for information?" Brady asked slowly.

Lucas groaned. “Really? We really need to bring her into this?"

“I would say so," Brady said. “You should start packing for the Light Realm. Hell, we all should. Those assholes overran the house!"

“And we did f**k all to stop it. I hate that old woman, I really do," Lucas grumbled.

working

Lucas fell silent and

“Say what?" Lucas gaped.

mean, that seems to be the best possible way to research it, right? It's talking to me, and the Goddess gave me a mission to do using it. Maybe if I work with it

making a slashing motion. “Absolutely not. I'm not letting you near this thing. You are never to touch it again, do you hear me? I'll throw it in the sea

my eyes. “Again with

believe it," Lucas grunted. He wrapped the orb back up and quickly

don't think that it is as

eyebrow but

mine. The Goddess wanted me to have it," I

safe and hand it to

wondering if he had just called down the wrath of the

sense of self-preservation," Lucas shot

my chest and got ready

have left something in the oven. Better

“The Goddess gave it to me the mission was

I

didn't give you a mission," I replied, thumping my foot on the floor. “She gave me a mission. I have to follow through or Goddess knows what will happen. She needs me to save someone. I'd like to

out his chest. I wasn't too irritated with him to notice

and my next argument died in my throat. “I got you into this mess, and I'm getting

I don't think

brow and opened his mouth to argue, but I held up a

me a dream dancer and...." I rubbed my tongue over my tooth. “I'm quite certain this

your mother have to do with

know," I said, shying away

you telling me,

the emerald hanging around my neck. “I can't really explain what I don't understand. I just always thought my mother was superstitious because she

talk about. “You said it was for protection from your mother. Did she give you a new

looked down at the floor. “It's

“Oh...."

to ask more questions, but he looked me over

mother as soon as possible to see what she knows. Until then, I will do

throwing the orb into the

“Whatever it

I have to go diving

one of the only reasons it's not already at the very bottom of the deepest point of the ocean," Lucas responded. He had put himself between me and the safe, preventing me from getting to

threw up my hands. “You're

Lucas

shoulder. “You just see if you ever have s*x with me again,

you safe from that

want to work with the orb," I

can't make all your decisions for you, but on this

you, you know. I heard your

Lucas reminded me. “You didn't even wake up when we were in the water. You scared the ever-loving s**t out of me, and I'm not letting either of us go

being

one who's being unreasonable. This isn't something we should be f*****g around

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