Three chapters in one day. Well, kind of. It's 12:05 am when I finished this chapter. The reason is because I will not be able to update on 2/6/2019 except for right now. I'll see if I can update Thursday, if not then Friday. Enjoy, let me know what you think of the chapters. It's optional. I do love reading your comments.

Sadie's POV

The rest of the events after my father's death was a blur to me. We had returned home. Amos and a couple of people had brought my father's body. We were going to have a funeral. Anubis had collected our backpacks before returning. He took mine upstairs to my room. Jaz had given me a healing potion to heal my cuts. My bruises on the other hand were still there. I had one on my shoulder and I'm sure my neck was red from nearly being strangled. I made it up to my room and went into the bathroom. I took off my bloody and ripped clothes and got into the shower. I stood there for what felt like hours, but was really a half hour. Once I was cleaned off and I washed my hair and my body. I get out of the shower and put on my bathrobe. My bathrobe was white, soft, and went down just before my knees. I tie it around me and walk over to sit on my bed. I stare at the family photo I had. My mom, my dad, Carter, and me. I picked it up and threw it at the wall. I laid down. I wanted to cry but I was too tired. I closed my eyes and drifted off to sleep.

**Dream**

"Julius!" Amos shouts. "NO!"

I look over just in time to see Set drive a knife through my father. I screamed probably as loud as I could. I started running towards him. Carter caught me. He wrapped his arms around me. After a couple minutes of fighting Carter finally speaks. "Sadie, he's gone."

"No," I cry. "He can't leave us."

I turn in Carter's arms and start sobbing into his shirt. He kept one arm around me and ran his other one through my hair trying to calm me down. I didn't know what else was happening. My world felt like it was ending.

**End**

"Sadie," I feel someone shaking me. "Wake up, please. You're having a nightmare."

I wake up and I feel tears running down my face. I sit up. A pair of arms wrap around me and I wrap mine around the person. It was Anubis. I could tell. "It's alright," He whispers and kisses me on the head. "I'm here."

Anubis and I sit there. He sat on the bed and I managed to be sitting on his lap with my legs resting on the bed. He had his arms around me. We sit there for a few minutes before I pull away. He looks at me. "How did you know I was having a nightmare?" I ask. "I'm sure you haven't been in the room the whole time."

"I have jackal like hearing," Anubis says. "With my powers being back and all. I heard you screaming."

"Sorry," I say.

"You had a nightmare," Anubis says. "That's going to happen, you watched your father get murdered."

"It was like a flashback," I say. "I was reliving his death."

"I'm sure that's going to happen," Anubis says. "That was a traumatic event. I'll be here for you."

"I'm sorry," I say. "For killing Anput."

Anubis smiles. "Honestly, that if you didn't kill her, I was going to." I lean forward and kiss Anubis. Anubis kisses me. He doesn't kiss me long before he pulls away. "Get some rest," He says.

"Anubis," I say. "Stay, please."

Anubis nods. I realize, I was wearing my bathrobe. I got up and grabbed some clothes from my closet. I go to the bathroom to change. I put on red lace bra and underwear set and I put on some shorts and a plain white t-shirt. I walk back into the bed room and climb into my covers. Anubis was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. Anubis was cleaning up the shattered picture frame. Once he finished, he turned my bedroom light off and made his way to lay with me. He also climbs into the covers. I turn to face him and snuggle up beside him. Our legs were entangled and his arms were around me. My arms were resting by his chest. I closed my eyes. I felt safe in his arms. I eventually drift back off to sleep.

The next morning when I woke up Anubis was gone. I sat up and remembered what happened. It still couldn't accept the fact that my father was gone. I get up and put on a pair of slippers and walk out of the room. I find Carter and Amos in the office. They both look at me. "Sadie," Carter says. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine," I say. "Where's Anubis?"

"He's gone to tend to a few things. He will return," Carter tells me.

"So, you're not going to kick him out for lying to us?" I ask.

"We wouldn't do that Sadie," Amos says. "Especially after what's happened. He's helped us so much, I don't think he's a threat to us."

"So, what's the plan?" I ask. "For dad?"

"The funeral will be held tomorrow," Carter tells me. "Then, we will have to focus on stopping Apophis. We know he's going to try something. We just don't know when or where."

I leave the office. I wasn't ready to focus on another task. I had already been through so much in the past 24 hours. I wondered back up the steps avoiding anyone who was going to say they were sorry for my loss. I don't remember much about my mother's death being I was six years old. I wanted Anubis to come back. I knew, he had things to do. More important things. I change into jean shorts and a tank top. I realized that it had been a while since I had eaten. I decide to make my way down to the kitchen to get some food. Cleo had made some soup for everyone. She puts some in a bowl and hands it to me. She gives me a small smile. She knew I didn't want to talk about it. I'm sure Carter made it clear not to say anything about being sorry to me. When I get upset sometimes, I snap at people. I eat the soup and make my way back upstairs. I go into my bathroom and take off my tank top. I study the bruise on my shoulder. It was black/blue. I lightly touched it and immediately winced in pain.

"You should probably put some ice on that," A voice says. I look up in the mirror. Anubis was leaning in the doorway looking at the bruise through the mirror. "I can go get you some."

"No," I say pulling my shirt back. "I'll heal."

"Anput really put up a fight with you," Anubis says.

I walk up to Anubis and put my hands on his waist. "Yeah," I say. "I honestly thought I was going to be the one with the knife through there chest at some point."

"I wasn't going to let that happen," Anubis says. "Carter and I were watching. Neither of us were planning on letting her kill you."

"I know," I say. "You two make it impossible for me to die."

"That's the plan," Anubis smiles. I lean up and kiss him lightly.

Anubis and I spend the rest of the day hanging out in my room. Mainly just sitting. Anubis listened to what I had to say and he never mentioned my father being dead once. He knew that if I wanted to talk about it I would. I was recovering. Anubis was helping me. This made me love him more than I already did. I wasn't sure that was possible.