I am so sorry for taking so long to update! Please forgive me! And enjoy this chapter! (And Happy New Year! Yeah I know it's a little late)

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In hindsight, it probably was not my best plan.

When Sadie and I left Osiris's throne room and appeared at Brooklyn House, I thought it was all going to be okay. She would tell everyone about our relationship and then I would leave. Alas! My plan never came to fruition. My dear girlfriend could not seem to find the words to tell everyone seated at the table about us. Seeing the strong, defiant, and bold Sadie Kane at a loss for words really scared me. I freaked out and did not know what to do, so I did the first thing that came to mind. I kissed Sadie. Her eyes opened in surprise and I pulled her closer. For a blissful moment I forgot that I was in front of the majority of Brooklyn House including Sadie's insufferable brother. I was brought back to reality by none other than Carter Kane, throwing a bread roll at me! I disentangled myself from Sadie's warm embrace to face my attacker.

"YOU HORRIBLE DOG!" He yelled at me as he stood from the table with a murderous glint in his eyes. A feral growl escaped my lips. A large number of the people at the table quickly ran from the room, wanting to avoid the confrontation. I heard the confused yelling of young children as they wondered what was going on.

"How dare you—"I started to reply when yet another piece of food was thrown at me. I glared at a teenage boy whose name I couldn't place.

"Walt!" Sadie yelled. "Carter! Stop this right now!" She continued in a fiercely commanding tone. The bracelet on her wrist began to glow faintly at first, continuously increasing in brightness. Within in seconds it was a blinding white light. Walt and Carter's eyes were both drawn to its magnificence. Suddenly, the bracelet flashed and the two boys both crumpled to the ground, unconscious. Sadie's face to on a look of utter bewilderment and shock before she too slumped to the ground.

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I was in a dark room void of all light. I heard people moving around, talking in hushed tones. What? I thought confusedly. It took me a moment to realize that my eyes were closed, not that I was in a pitch black room. I mentally counted to ten and then slowly opened my eyes. I was momentarily blinded by the brightness of the room and still incredibly confused as to how I had gotten here. I quickly recognized that I was in Brooklyn House in the room with the Thoth statue. People were wandering around looking perplexed.

"She's awake!" An ankle-biter yelled as she ran up to me. Ugh, I thought. Her voice is so loud. Jaz came up to me as well.

"Sadie?" She asked softly. I could only grunt in response.

The other occupants of the room had begun to whisper excitedly now that I was awake. I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. Suddenly, the quiet chatter died down. Startled, I opened my eyes and saw Carter walk into the room. Uh oh! I thought worriedly. My memory was starting come back and I knew that Carter was not going to be in a good mood!

"Sadie?" He said in a kinder tone then I had expected. I swallowed and tried to speak but I could only croak. After clearing my throat, I tried again.

"Yes?" I asked quietly.

"How are you feeling? Are you alright? We were so worried about you!" Carter started to ramble on.

"Carter!" I interrupted in the loudest voice I could muster. "I'm fine. Can you please just, you know, tell me why you aren't mad at me?" I continued. Nice job. I thought sarcastically. He's being nice to you so you try to make him mad, real good plan. He looked a little startled but answered nonetheless.

"Well, um, you see, I had a talk with Dad and um, you know, Anubis and yeah." He mumbled. Oh! That's why he's being nice, dad gave him a talking-to!

"Speaking of Anubis, where is he?" I questioned while looking around the room once more. Carter paled.

"He is…he's….uh…talking with Dad er… Osiris." He muttered. We sat in silence for a couple minutes before Carter blurted out:

"Sadie! What magic did you use to knock us out?" I could tell that he had been wanting to ask me that question for a while and I had really hoped that he wouldn't but, he did.

"Carter, I really don't know. My wrist just grew really warm and then there was a blinding flash and you and Walt were passed out on the floor. Then, I guess I passed out too." I answered sheepishly. I hated it when I didn't know something! My brother looked down at the aforementioned wrist and saw Anubis's beautiful bracelet glittering there innocently.

"Very strange…" he mused quietly. "Very strange indeed…. Sadie, I have some things I have to do. Please just don't get up yet. I don't want you to over exert yourself." Haha, and now he's back to being my over protective brother. Just to humor him, I agreed that I would stay where I was. Carter smiled weakly and left the room.

Little did I know that my brother was more than just a tad bit interested in my bracelet. If I had known what he was going to do, I would have done everything in my power to stop him from leaving that room.

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Well there's another chapter complete! What did you all think of it? Please review and let me know! Off topic but I finished the Mark of Athena this week and it was so amazing! I CAN'T wait for the House of Hades! :D