Chapter 16
"I hate this," Susie was muttering over and over again. She'd pummelled her pillow so much that Sarah was nervous: she'd never seen such Susie in such a wrathful state.
"Do you think he's okay?" Sarah burst out anxiously. "I mean, they haven't hurt him, have they?"
Susie looked at her, a long suffering look. "I think you'd know if he was hurt," she said, a hint of challenge in her voice. "If you're his Soulmate."
She's jealous, Sarah realised downheartedly. She still wants Kierlan.
Then she chastised herself. She's scared too.
"They'll get him back," Susie said quietly, shaking her head. "I hear two of the Wild Powers have volunteered to help. Because they're good at fighting."
"So not Iliana," Sarah quipped weakly.
"Jezebel Redfern and Delos Redfern," Susie confirmed. "You've been studying the Nightworld."
"Kierlan is my Soulmate," Sarah said quietly. "I'm sorry, Susie. I can't explain it. I loved Blade, but it wasn't…the same way. I love Kierlan. And…it was more than just love. It's a connection."
"Did you know that the probability of finding your Soulmate is only twenty percent?" Susie asked bleakly. "Sometimes it's fate, sometimes it's luck. Sometimes you just live your life, flitting between guys and never finding the right one. It's lonely, Sarah. And then…you find not just one perfect guy, but two. You get to pick and choose. Me? I get to study magic."
"You've been here all your life," Sarah replied, frowning. "I got lucky, that Kierlan was brought here. So I guess it was…fate. But sometimes it's not enough to have luck or fate. Sometimes you need to see more. We need to get out."
And slowly, a plan was forming in her mind.
"We need to meet more people," she said quietly, determinedly. "We'll find your Soulmate, Susie. He's out there, somewhere. We'll see all the world if we have to."
A strange light filled Susie's eyes. "I think I know what you're thinking, Sarah. You're thinking we'll find your Soulmate, too."
"Your cousins," Sarah said fiercely. "You've got them all over the place, Susie. They could help us. Many of them are in Circle Daybreak. We can stay with them and find out what Thierry's doing about Kierlan. I might be able to help, because of my…connection with Kierlan. And you have strong magic, could help. We could make the difference."
"Or we could ruin everything," Susie objected, an uncertain look in her eyes.
"It's either that or sit back and wait for everyone else to do everything," Sarah reminded her, an angry, defiant gleam in her eyes. Taken aback, Susie glanced for one brief second at the door as though ready to bolt from what Sarah seemed to have become.
Then Susie got out from beneath her covers and grabbed the bundle of clothes from the chair. "Fine," she said determinedly. "Just tell me where we're going."
Sarah smiled and got up too, quietly moving to get her clothes as her heart sang with gladness that they weren't sitting around any more.
And Blade stirred outside their room, where he sat at the top of the stairs, moving quietly to warn Rita.