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Nico's been acting strangely ever since he saw me with Cade. The next day, his protectiveness of me has grown (just like all boyfriends do), but lately, he's been giving Cade a dirty look every time he sees him. He would wrap his arm around my waist and pull me closer to him whenever Cade, and only Cade, passes by. Not that I would mind it, I think it really was a sweet gesture, but the fact that he only does that around Cade lingered in my mind,

That night, I headed straight over to Cabin six, where Annabeth sleeps. She's the only girl I know here, except of course, for Drea, but I doubt that she would know anything about Cade. I knocked on the door, only to be answered by one of Annabeth's siblings.

"What do you want?" she snapped.

"I need to see Annabeth, got a problem with that?" I snapped back.

He opened the door wider, still giving me dirty looks. I didn't know what her problem was, nor did I even want to know.

I saw her lying down on her bed, completely engrossed in her laptop.

I headed over to her. "Hey Annabeth! I need to ask you something."

"Hmm? Yeah-what?" she said, still staring at her laptop.

"Hello?" I asked. I snapped my fingers in front of her face a few times just to get her attention. Finally, just as my fingers were feeling sore, she looked away from her laptop and glared at me. "What?" she huffed.

"I need to ask you something." I said, getting straight to the point.

"If it's about Nico, ask Percy." She groaned. "Ugh. These plans for Olympus are making me crazy."

"Not about Nico. Actually, it's about Cade." I said.

Now, I got her full, undivided attention. "What about him?" she asked curiously, staring at me. She put her laptop on her nightstand.

"Well, Nico's been completely overprotective ever since he saw me hanging out with Cade last afternoon…" I started to say.

"Tell me what Cade said to you." She demanded. Her grey eyes looked like storm clouds. Clearly, this is a serious subject.

"Nothing." I said. "Just some jokes, and we chatted a little about the weather and the Egyptian gods-"

"Egyptian gods? Why?" she interrupted me.

I scratched me head, trying to remember. "Um, well, it was kind like this: He asked, "So Sadie, you worship the Egyptians, huh?" And I was like, "Not exactly worship, more like we

use their power…" and he was all like, "So you use their powers? Can you teach someone like me?" So I said "No, I don't think so…"

"Wait a minute." Annabeth stopped me. "He asked you if he could learn magic?"

"Yeah, why? It's not like he could even learn it or anything." I pointed out.

She grabbed my arm, catching my attention. She pulled me down, and we sat on her bed. "Sadie, stay away from him. Nico's got the right idea, but personally, I think there's a lot more to it than that."

"Like what?" I pressed further. She bit her lip. I saw many people do that same gesture, and usually it ends up with us talking about something really secret, or forbidden, subjects."

"Swear on the Styx that you won't tell anyone I told you this." She said first.

"Swear on the…what?"

"Just do it."

"I, Sadie Kane, swear on the Styx…" I hesitated. "This is stupid. Do I really have to do this?"

"If you want to find out why Nico's being like that, you do." Annabeth insisted.

"Alright." I grumbled. I raised my hands, like I was taking a pledge. "I, Sadie Kane, do hereby swear on the Styx that I will not tell a soul about what Annabeth will tell me tonight."

She raised her eyebrow. "You didn't have to do the hand thing, you know."

"Whatever. Now tell me." I ordered.

She sighed. "Alright. First, what did Nico tell you about Cade?"

"Well," I tried to recall what he told me yesterday afternoon, which was a bit hard considering that he was beside me and all. "He um…he told me that Cade a lot of girlfriends, and that, uh, they all disappeared or something."

"Yes, they all disappeared." Annabeth agreed. "But what he didn't tell you was that he had four girlfriends: one from Demeter, one from Ares, one from Hephaestus, and one from…Athena." She hesitated at the last part. Why would she?

"So?" I asked.

"So Trisha, the girl from Demeter, disappeared, Cade instantly got the power to grow plants out of the ground. He told us that it was Demeter's blessing, but something tells me he was lying. Same thing happened to Eliza, Ares' daughter. Right after she disappeared, Cade became very good in hand-to-hand combat, and he was a son of Apollo to begin with, meaning good with bows and arrows, but a complete loser when it comes to close combat. Lisa, too, Hephaestus' daughter. He dated her only two days after Eliza disappeared, and she disappeared the day after. Soon after that, Cade could even beat Beckendorf, our best blacksmith, in forging magical items." She explained. I took in every word, and now I was beginning to realize why Nico looked like he wanted to kill Cade on the spot.

"And the daughter of Athena?" I asked.

Annabeth hung her head down. I suppose that this was a touchy subject for her, since it was about her half-sister. "Alyssa…" she sighed. "She didn't actually date Cade." She murmured.

"What?" I asked again.

She took a deep breath. Suddenly, I can feel the tension in the air. All of Annabeth's siblings were staring at us now, their faces filled with grief. It's clear that they all loved Alyssa.

"A few weeks after Lisa disappeared, Cade started hitting on Alyssa. She would always threaten, scream, curse, or point sharp things at him every time he would get within three inches around her. Clearly, she didn't want to be his girlfriend. She told us that it reminded her of her last boyfriend, who cheated on her with two other girls. But soon, a rumor at camp started that they were secretly dating, and what Alyssa was doing was just an act, so that no one would get suspicious. That rumor alone tore her apart. She wouldn't go out of the cabin. We would bring her food here, or join her inside just so that we could ease her loneliness a little. Even Chiron's attempts were futile. Cade, he actually made it worse one time when he literally dragged her outside the cabin and kissed her on the lips, right in the middle of the entire camp. She wouldn't move, even when his hands were roaming her entire body. We had to pry them apart just so that he would stop. I still remember his last threat: "Alyssa, you will be mine! Remember that! You will be mine!" A few days after that, I woke up one morning, only to find out that she too, disappeared. And what's even weirder was that Cade suddenly became a genius, especially at planning battle tactics, which was Alyssa's specialty. We blamed Cade for her disappearance, but were never able to prove it. Even when Nico was the one accusing him of all those disappearances, I had to act like I didn't believe him, so I wouldn't get caught in his personal vendetta against Cade, but still, all of us believe inside that he had something to do with those disappearances, and we are going to prove it." When she finally finished, tears were streaming down her eyes, and she was choking back a sob.

I pondered on this for a moment. Was Cade that creepy? "Okay…"

"Just stay away from him, Sadie." Annabeth said, wiping away a tear.

"Thank you." Was all that I could say.

She nodded, and mumbled something I didn't catch.

"Sorry, what was that?" I asked. She beckoned me to come closer, so I knelt down, and gazed at her, face-to-face.

"Annabeth, be very careful. Cade is dangerous, and I don't want you to…"

"I won't." I promised her.

She gave me a small smile. "Normally, I wouldn't tell anyone, much less a thirteen-year old girl to do this, but sleep with Nico tonight."

I must've heard her wrong, because I suddenly blurted out, "What!"

Her eyes widened, realizing what she said. "Oh no, not like that! I meant sleep in his cabin! On different beds!" she clarified.

"Oh." I said sheepishly.

"Yes oh. Now, get going. It's after curfew. If the harpies catch you, they will take the chance to eat you." She shooed me away.

I rolled my eyes. "Yes, mother."

As I headed to Nico's cabin, a pair of strong arms grabbed me from behind. "Hello, love."

I panicked, and tried to free myself from his grasp. But before I could shout out a spell, the person covered my mouth with a rag, and could smell the distinct smell of chloroform.

My eyelids turned heavy. The person lifted my body in a fireman's carry, and carried me away. "You're all mine now." He said.

Before sleep finally overcame me, I managed to realize who that voice belonged to.

"Cade…"

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The first thing I saw when I woke up was a pair of grey eyes.

"Aaah!" I screamed, and jumped out of my bed. That's when I realized that I was wearing only my boxers.

"Nico, cover yourself!" Annabeth protested. I hastily grabbed my pants that were lying on the floor, and put them on. "What's up Annabeth?"

"Did Sadie sleep with you here last night?" she asked, getting straight to the point. I looked at her eyes, and saw…worry?

"No!" I felt my cheeks grow hot. Why in Hades would she even ask me that? "She most certainly did not!"

"Oh gods…" she muttered, and ran outside. I grabbed one of my black shirts, hastily putting it on, and followed her outside.

Percy greeted us, panting, as if he'd been running around the entire camp. "was she with Nico?" he asked worriedly.

"No." Annabeth declared.

Percy cursed in Greek. I was still confused. Why would Sadie be with me? Wasn't she sleeping in the Hermes Cabin?

"Guys, what's going on?" I asked them both.

"Nico, well-" Percy started to say. He rubbed the back of his neck, as if he was going to say something embarrassing.

"Agh, just let me." Annabeth interrupted. "Nico, Sadie's missing."

I felt my hearbeat start to rise. "What! Where is she!" I demanded.

"We don't know." Annabeth confessed.

"Great, Nico. Your first girlfriend, and you manage to lose her in less than a week." Percy commented. I felt tears start to spring up in my eyes.

Annabeth elbowed him in the gut. "Shut up, seaweed brain. Can't you see he's taking this hard? Now apologize." She ordered.

"Sorry Nico." Percy said sheepishly.

I didn't even listen to him. The only things in my mind were 1.) Sadie was missing and 2.) she disappeared after she met Cade.

"Cade, where is he?" I demanded.

"We sent Carter to check in on him." Annabeth said.

As if on cue, Carter came panting towards us. "Guys…Cade's gone."

My fear turned to anger. It doesn't take a genius to connect the dots.

To say that I was a broken was an understatement. To me, Sadie was my whole world. And the son a bitch Cade stole, no…kidnapped her in less than a few hours of knowing her. When I see him, I'm going to make sure that there isn't even one piece of his body left to bury.

My eyes must've been telling what I was thinking, since Annabeth told me, "Don't jump to conclusion yet, Nico. But I agree, this is too much to be a coincidence…"

Suddenly, Chiron galloped towards us. "Annabeth, Percy, Carter, and Nico, come with me."

"Why?" Percy asked.

He looked at us gravely, as if were already dead. "Rachel..the Oracle has just given anew prophecy, and it has all your names in it."

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