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The Secret Circle: Legendary Power

Chapter 2

Adam drove over the bridge to the mainland and Cassie was excited. She'd never actually been to the mainland without drama following or waiting for her. She'd been kidnapped by Jordan and Logan, along with Sally and Portia Thanksgiving day and then there was the first time she'd come to the mainland with Chris and Doug, but that turned out to be a bad idea. Chris got attacked by a mutt and then that awful cold dungeon. Cassie was excited this time was going to be different and fun.

She stared out the window enjoying the scenery. Things sure were beautiful with a snow spread. Cassie didn't get any snow in California; she was excited to experience it here.

She watched as Adam made turns down deserted roads and around small lakes. Where is he taking me? Cassie wondered.

Excitement was tilting over inside of Cassie until the car stopped on an empty road. The only thing Cassie saw was trees. Adam turned his most brilliant crooked smile on her and Cassie melted. His eyes seemed to be smoldering Cassie's favorite blue-grey storm. She wanted to kiss him, to be his muse and she wanted her Herne god. Was Halloween truly only two months ago? Is if Adam knew exactly what Cassie was thinking he leaned over and pursed his lips for her. He only met her lips half way letting her lock them. She pulled him to her soft pale lips and knew there was nothing that compared to this. Cassie had never felt lightening before, but she was sure that if lightening hit her it would feel like this. Their lips were like an atmospheric discharge of electricity. She felt bolts of lightning hit them. It was so electric. "Cassie," He called her in away that made her pleasantly nervous. Cassie found herself light headed.

Adam pulled back after the countless moment and stared at her. Cassie noticed the repressing heat in his eyes and it frightened her. She was sure that she'd never gotten that from anyone. She turned away from him with burning warmth racing to her face. She was cherry red.

She admittedly thought back to the way Adam's eyes burned. She wasn't ready for that yet. Cassie hoped that she didn't give him the wrong idea. Of course she wanted to be with him in a more intimate way, but not now. I'm so young. She thought. And I'm not ready. "Cassie?" Adam whispered as if he were worried about pulling her from her silent thoughts. She turned to him and found a small smile on his lips. "We have to walk from here." She nodded and turned to get out of the car.

With the opening of the car door came a gush of fresh air. Cassie found she could think more clearly. But she'd come to the same conclusion. I'm not ready.

Adam waited for Cassie in front of his jeep. He held a hand out to her. For a moment Cassie hesitated, but Adam didn't seem to notice. Taking his hand Cassie released a breath she didn't realize she was holding. Adams touch always calmed her and today was no different.

He led her into the unknown woods. He seemed utterly comfortable with his surroundings while Cassie seemed completely jittery.

Even with Adam near the woods begin to frighten her. She felt as if the trees themselves were watching her; studying every movement she made. They made her unpleasantly nervous.

Cassie looked at the enormous brown perennial woody plants and wondered ideally how long most of them have been here. Were these enormous plants breathing when the outsiders slammed thors hammer on all things they considered ungodly.

Cassie thought back to the day she was taken by Logan and Jordan and the others. She thought about what Melanie had said. '"These trees," she said to Portia, "have put up with a lot from your kind. If you try to run you'll end up lost in the middle of them. That's not to mention what the dog might do. If I were you, I wouldn't move a muscle."'

Cassie wondered if the woods really could hurt someone. And then she thought about the earth. She thought about how much power the earth held with its many elements and she knew earth itself was an element. The humanity on this planet is powerful and she realized that trees were apart of that humanity. That's when Cassie knew Melanie was right. These trees could very well let you enter and never let you exit.

Cassie tried in vein to concentrate on Adam leading her, but she couldn't shake the feeling of being watched. Cassie squeezed Adams and hers intertwined fingers and noticed Adams finger return the pressure. "Adam-" Cassie was about to complaint, but Adam came to a stop.

"We're here."

"Here?" Cassie said. She watched as Adam pointed to a smooth slab of land about twenty feet in front of them. Cassie watched as the sun glittered off the slab, snow? Cassie thought. Frozen snow, an ice rank?

She turned to Adam only to find him watching her, again. "Skating?" she asked excited. He nodded and watched her as a genuine smile crossed her features. Cassie could tell that he was happy just by seeing her happy. But she frowned. "I don't have any skates."

"Don't worry. I took care of everything yesterday. I brought the skates out so you wouldn't figure anything out. Come on." Adam pulled Cassie towards the beautiful translucent slab and she followed willingly.

After countless attempts to get her on the snow on her own, Adam decided to give her a little push.

"Don't let me fall, Adam Conant." Adam pulled a wobbly Cassie to his frame, holding her up right.

"Never Cassie Blake, I'll never let you fall." And he didn't. When she moved he moved. They were like one. He refused to let her fall, he protected her. "Are you thrilled about school?" he asked to get her mind off of here current nervous thoughts.

"Not really. I have a test tomorrow. And things are still kind of weird at school, people are even more afraid of us then before. I would have thought they would accept us more since we, well you know-"

"Saved their lives?" Adam asked amused.

"Yeah. But we're more of the outsiders these days then they are. And when you leave-"

"Leave?" Adam asked surprised. "I'm not going anywhere, Cassie." Cassie wanted to hope for that, but she didn't dare.

"Adam you have to go to college soon. You'll be leaving."

"That's what you meant earlier, isn't it? When you talked about the end?" No. Cassie thought. I was talking about the end of us. But she didn't dare speak that either.

"Yes," Adam heard the waver in her voice and he pulled her slightly away from his frame to watch her face.

"Cassandra, what's really bothering you?" she looked away from his all too knowing blues and watched the sun throw its shine across the snow. "Cassie?" he begged. "Cassie, please-"

"You have to leave me." Cassie finally admitted. "You have to go off to college without me. You have to leave me behind and what's going to happen then? We've never actually conferred this. Even when we weren't together I never heard you talk about college, but I knew deep down that it was coming. What's going to happen to us?

"Cassie nothing," He reassured firmly. "and I mean nothing is going to happen to us. We're a package deal. Now I know that I haven't talked to you about college, but I have been giving it some thought lately. I don't want to be away from you. I don't want to leave you and I don't think the circle should be split up either. I was going to talk to the others about keeping it close to home. I was thinking we could all go to Salem State. That way we don't have to leave Crowhaven and The circle doesn't have to disperse. What do you think?"

Cassie couldn't speak. In less then a minute Adam had fixed everything. Or so Cassie had thought.