Disclaimer: I don't own the Covenant or Hex

Authors Note: this takes place a few days after the last chapter, thoughts are italized

Cassie groaned At least at Medenham I didn't have to wear a uniform. Ever since the other night Caleb and the other members of the Covenant had been very accommodating to Cassie's needs. Caleb decided the only way to keep her safe from Azazeal and the Nephilim was to keep her hidden.

With the help of Caleb's mother and a few very convincingly forged papers produced by Reid, Cassie McBain was no more and in her place was Cassandra Danvers, Caleb's cousin from England who would be spending the remainder of the year with her American relatives in Ipswich.

Thanks to Caleb's academic merits and the Danvers family standing in the community Spencer welcomed her with open arms, and today would be her first day at the Academy.

Cassie was soon pulled out of her thought by a knock on the door, "Come in," she said not bothering to looking up from the mirror since she already knew who it was.

Caleb walked in and, seeing her fidgeting with the uniform smiled at her, "It's not that bad Cass."

She sighed, "I know, but it is slightly uncomfortable, plus unlike you I'm not used to it."

Caleb looked at his watch, "Well we got to get going since you'll need to go to the Provost's office before classes start my dear cousin," Caleb winked.

Cassie laughed, the past few day she'd gotten to know the Sons of Ipswich and realized the weren't too bad. Caleb had become somewhat like a brother to her and Sarah no longer worried there was a chance at something more.

In a way it felt as if Caleb had experienced everything that had happened to her since becoming a witch and that made it easier to relate to him. Caleb was there when she needed to vent on the actions made in her old life and she was there when he awoke from nightmares relating to what happened at Putnam barn.

Since all of the Sons were magically inclined she didn't have to keep secrets from them or feel excluded making it easier to relate to their struggles. Life in Ipswich would take some getting used to but Cassie knew that if she ever went back to Medenham or saw Thelma again she would risk Azazeal finding out she was still alive. The last thing Cassie wanted was to be sucked back into the eternal war between good and evil. Let Ella fight the good fight, I never asked for any of it.


A few hours later Cassie was eating lunch in Spencer's courtyard when Sarah came up to join her, "So how're you liking Spencer? The snobby girls, the rich boys who think you should fall at their feet, Reid groping a different girl around every corner?"

Cassie almost choked on her food at Sarah's remark; the funny thing was none of it was too far fetched from the truth. "Really! You'd think he would've run out of girls by now!"

Sarah laughed and whispered conspiratorially to Cassie, "I think he uses to clone them."

The girls burst out into a fit of giggles not noticing that the subject of their conversation, along with the rest of the boys were heading there way.

"What's so funny?" Tyler asked setting his food down on the table.

Sarah and Cassie looked at them, Cassie popping food in her mouth preventing her from talking and Sarah merely gave the boys and innocent look, "Oh, nothing."

"Why do I get the feeling we're being left out of something ladies?" Reid asked raising his eyebrows questioningly.

Caleb spoke up for them, "Because we are, now on a lighter note I want to know how my cousins first day at Spencer has been so far."

Reid leaned back in his seat and began picking at his food, "I heard half the male population here wants to fuck her, in fact some of the boys on the team got pretty colorful in their descriptions of how so."

Cassie pushed her food away giving him a disgusted look, "Thank you for that Reid I've just lost my appetite."

Pogue smacked him making everyone laugh, "Don't listen to him Cassie, chances are he made it up in his warped little mind." Cassie smiled at Pogue enjoying his attentiveness towards her.

Reid scowled, "You're just saying that so she won't notice the way the other guys here are looking at her. You always were the jealous type Pogue."

Before Pogue could lunge at Reid Caleb interjected, "Come on guys that's enough, we all get it, Cassie's caught the eye of some people here if she likes any that's her decision not ours. Now as I was saying, Cassie anything interesting you want to tell us?"

Cassie smiled enjoying the sense of normality present, she honestly couldn't remember the last time she'd felt like a normal high school student.

Then again at Medenham her lunch period was spent in the company of her best friend who just happened to be a lesbian ghost.

Cassie spent the rest of lunch recapping her day to her new friends taking pleasure in being a normal girl for once.


Azazeal's Cathedral

"What use are you if you can't find a way to bring her BACK!" Azazeal roared, causing both Perie and Jez to jump in their respective seats.

In the next room they could hear Malachi crying while Joe tried in vain to calm him. By now the boy looked to be a toddler and his fathers yelling had startled him out of whatever game he and Joe had been playing beforehand.

"It's very difficult bring someone back from the dead, especially someone killed by an Anointed One the way Malachi's mother was," Perie said, trying to sooth their master.

Jez knew Perie refused to say Cassie's name out of jealousy, in fact every time she heard anyone else utter the other girl's name Perie would get this sour look on her face. Perie didn't bother hiding the fact that she felt she was the better choice for Malachi's mother. Of course, Azazeal was so taken with the witch that the venomous remarks fell on deaf ears.

Azazeal took a long drag of his cigarette and nodded looked at both Jez and Perie, "I know, damn Ella and her stupidity. Did she really think Cassie would let her kill her son?" He laughed, "Of course not a part of her knew the truth but the vindictive little bitch wanted so much to kill what I loved that she put those feelings aside."

Jez had been made aware of what unfolded that fateful night in Medenham's church and knew that the rivalry between Ella Dee and Azazeal had stepped up monumentally. Before it was all business on both sides but when Ella, quite literally, stabbed Cassie in the back Azazeal had taken it personally.

Now, here they were thinking of ways to bring the mother of Malachi back from the dead. While Azazeal's need to bring her back was of the personal persuasion Jez felt in a way that the Nephilim owed to her. After all if it wasn't for Cassie not only would they not be free, but the End of Days wouldn't be near. Perie may hate the girl but Jez respected her.

"We have everyone working on a way to bring her back Azazeal, it may take some time but they are aware how you feel about failure," Jez assured him.

Azazeal shot him a brief look and nodded, "You should be aware of how I'd feel if you failed Jez."

Jez noticed the not so veiled threat the irritated Nephilim had just made but ignored it. For right now Azazeal need him watching over the school and Ella, he'd worry about his own life latter.

It seemed during their chat Malachi had once again calmed down as Joe entered the room, putting her hand on Azazeal's shoulder making Perie glower some more. "Maybe there are others besides the Nephilim who would have some input on how to bring back Cassie? Have you tried any connections outside of your inner circle?"

Perie started in on her but was cut off by Azazeal, "I suppose it's worth looking into, although the idea that any being created by us would know more about Cassie's situation than the Nephilim seems unlikely. Still I'll have someone look into it."

Azazeal turned to Perie who had been sulking on a large velvet loveseat, "Perie my dear I'm sure you wouldn't mind looking into this for me?" Azazeal flashed her the smile that he knew got him anything he wanted from a women.

Perie was beyond angry No Azazeal I don't want to help you find your stupid witch! It's not like we need her anymore now that we've got the child!

But instead of saying this aloud Perie nodded, "Of course not Azazeal, I'll start immediatly." With that she got up and left the Cathedral and if I find a way to get her back I'll make sure you never find out about it.