Anubis's POV
After Sadie left with Anput we all sat in silence. Carter was mad at me because he was protective over his sister. I admired that about Carter. I spend the time thinking about what Anput was talking to Sadie about. Sadie was extremely sassy and sarcastic and Anput was impatient and impulsive. I knew that Anput would get upset talking to Sadie for long. She'd probably try to kill Sadie because she can't get her way. We all here Anput shout and shortly after Sadie was brought back by the guards. She had a small cut on her neck.
"What happened?" Carter asks her.
"I called Anput a bitch and she said the only reason she isn't killing me is because Set wants us alive." Sadie explains.
I try to imagine Anput's reaction to Sadie. Anput wasn't afraid to insult people and tell them things that would put them down. Sadie, would come back with sarcastic comments to annoy Anput to no end.
"What did she do to your neck?" Walt asks.
"Knife," Sadie says. "I'll be fine."
Sadie sits down on the bench. She sat away from me. I watch her. She pulled her legs up and wrap her arms around them and rest her head on her knee. Her hair fell beside her hiding her face from me. Sadie was still mad. I wish there was a way for me to make it up to her. I wish I had told her that day she told me she loved me. I was afraid at what she would think and I didn't take the moment to think about what she would think if she found out the truth the hard way. It was probably getting late. I look at the others. Zia rested her head on Carter's shoulder. The guards gave us back the backpacks after searching through them. They took all the weapons and food but left the blankets and clothes.
"We should probably get some sleep," Walt recommends. "There's nothing we can do now."
"Walt is right," Carter says. "Zia, Jaz, and Sadie you can have the benches and the rest of us will sleep on the floor."
We get the blankets out. Sadie takes the bench on the right side, Jaz takes the one against the back wall, and Zia takes the one on the left side. Carter lays on the floor by the bench Zia was at, Walt was in the middle, and I was next to the bench Sadie was at. Everyone had fallen asleep not to long after we got situated. I couldn't. I leaned against the jail bars and watched Sadie. Her head was close to me. Her caramel blonde hair hung off the edge of the bench. I wanted to run my fingers through her hair as I did many times before. I understood why she hated me. If I had been in her position, I would have felt angry and that I couldn't trust the person anymore. I loved Sadie since the day I met her. She's beautiful, strong, independent, caring, sarcastic. I messed up and I was going to regret that for the rest of my life. Though, that probably is not going to be long since Set is coming here. I'd bet he's going to finish me off. I had to find a way to get them out of here. It is my fault that they got trapped. I should have known those rings were going to be a key to a trap that Anput had set. She knew I would find them and she knew where to come once the rings have been picked up. Anput probably knew where Sadie and I were that day we thought we escaped from her that first time.
"Anubis," Zia says sitting down by me and speaking softly not to wake the others. "You should sleep."
"I know," I say. "I'm just thinking."
"She doesn't hate you Anubis," Zia says. "Sadie, she's trying to protect herself so she doesn't get hurt."
"I never wanted to hurt her," I say. "I never wanted the truth to come out. I wanted to be Andrew. A magician that lost his powers and his family. Losing my powers, was the hardest thing that had happened. I was useless to anyone and everyone. Sadie changed everything for me. She took me in, taught me how to fight, showed me how to survive. I fell in love with her. I love her more than anything in the world."
"I know how that feels," Zia says. "Loving someone more than anything." Zia looks over at Carter before she turns her attention back to me. "I'm not telling you to give up, believe me. Let Sadie have some time to think about everything that's happened. Sadie will forgive you eventually. If she's anything like her mother that Julius, Amos, and Carter always talk about, she'll forgive you."
"You really think so?" I ask looking over at Sadie. She faced the wall. Fast asleep.
"Get some rest," Zia says. "If were all going to get out of this mess, were going to need it."
Zia gets up to leave. "Zia, why are you being nice to me? Shouldn't you hate me too?"
"No, if I were you, I probably would've done the same thing." Zia says before going back to her spot.
I take a few more minutes to think about what Zia said. Maybe she was right. Maybe Sadie just needed some space to think about what I did. Maybe she would forgive me. I was willing to do anything to have Sadie back in my arms. I look back at Sadie. I wanted to protect her. I was unable to do that without my powers. Set was coming here to us, and he'd been looking for the Kanes for years. Anput was insane and wanted to kill Sadie because she "stole me away" from her. Anput had been out of my life for 500 years, which means it was ended long before Sadie even existed. I stop when Sadie turns in her sleep. She was now facing towards the room. Her eyes were closed. Watching Sadie sleep was relaxing to me. I spend a few more minutes watching her sleep before I return to my spot and close my eyes to get some sleep. Zia was right, if we were going to get out of this mess, I was going to need sleep.
Here's the next chapter. I'm hoping you guys are loving it. I noticed that my chapters are short in this story. Usually my chapters range from 1,500 – 2,500 words but these all have been between 1,000 – 1,300. Sorry, if you like long chapters, I've been trying to keep up with this story so you guys can continue reading. Let me know what you guys think of this chapter. Do you guys think Sadie will forgive Anubis? Will Anput kill Sadie? What's going to happen when Set shows up? Keep reading to find out. :)