Author's Note:

Yeah! I really enjoy this story! I always thought Cassie was better off with Nick than Adam! Anyway here you go another chapter! Tell me what you think!

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Adam looked around the road; it was empty except him and Nick. He had to try and lose him before he took Cassie away. Cassie! What was he going to do Cassie was unconscious and was losing a lot of blood. Adam saw a nearby exist that lead to the beach and he decided to take it. He was going to bind himself to Cassie, and then no one would be able to separate them again.

Adam turned frantically and headed to the beach. He noticed Nick had stopped to his sudden turn, but was catching up to him quickly. Adam read a sign that said he was only 5 minutes away from the beach. Cassie was still unconscious, and her blood was now all over the seat. Adam felt guilty for what he has done. Adam reached in no time, he drove on the sand and reached the lifeguard station, and he grabbed his bag and carried Cassie inside the lifeguard station. Adam set Cassie down on the ground and locked the door to give him sometime before Nick could barge in. Adam pushed a small desk in front of the door for security. Once he was done he turned to Cassie.

Cassie seemed lifeless; her face was becoming paler by the minute. Adam cleaned Cassie's wound and quickly bandaged her up to help stop the bleeding. Adam carried Cassie and set her in desk chair; he wrapped a blanket around and got back to the spell.

"Conant! Get out here!" Nick yelled trying to force down the door.

Adam didn't answer he focused all his attention on the spell.

Nick was becoming restless, the door was obviously blocked, but he couldn't figure out a way to get inside. Deborah was behind him calling the rest of the circle to get here as soon as they can. Nick thought for a second and decided he just needed to get the door out of the way. Nick ran back to his car and pulled out a hammer, he handed the hammer to Deborah and told her to begin to try and break down the door. Nick walked around the small station to see if there might be another way in. Nick was making a quick circle when he saw a window. Nick climbed the side of the station and looked in through the window. Adam was frantically running around the room sitting up candles and drawing symbols everywhere. He looked around and his eyes finally found Cassie. She was pale, she seemed sick; Nick needed to get her to a hospital. Nick climbed down and went to Deborah, who already had created a hole in the door.

"Deb, I need your help, there's a window, I need to break it and get Cassie, but I need you to distract Adam long enough so we can get her out of there." Nick said.

"Yeah, okay. I can do that it doesn't seem hard. What is he doing in there?" Deborah asked.

"I think he's planning to do a spell, and by the looks he needs Cassie and I doubt he'll let her go without a fight." Nick said as he and Deborah walked to the window. Deborah didn't hesitate and hammered the window to shreds. The noises attracted Adam's attention, but before he could do anything Deborah and Nick were already inside. Adam knew what they came for and stood in front of Cassie in a protective stance.

"Adam we won't hurt you. All we want is Cassie; we'll leave you alone, but give us Cassie." Deborah said positioning herself in front of Adam. Adam's attention was focused on Deborah, he completely forgot about Nick who was now making his way to behind Cassie.

"No! She's mine! And once this binding spell is over we'll be together forever!" Adam yelled with anger.

"She doesn't belong to you! She never loved you!" Deborah yelled. Adam seemed to be filled with rage, he lunged at Deborah. Deborah moved just in time, which caused Adam to go head first into the ground. Deborah took the opportunity to pin him down onto the ground.

"Nick, get her out of here! I got Adam GO!" Deborah yelled at Nick. Nick quickly cradled Cassie in his arms. He pushed the desk aside and unlocked the door and headed out. He set Cassie in his car and buckled her in. Before he left he grabbed some rope from his trunk and went back to Deborah.

"Here, tie him up and drag him outside, the others shouldn't take long getting here. I have to take Cassie to the hospital." Nick said throwing Deborah the rope.

"Do you think she's going to be okay?" Deborah asked wrapping the rope around Adam as tightly as she can.

"I don't know, she's lost a lot of blood and she has a high fever, I'll call to tell you how it goes." And with that Nick left.

Nick ran back to his car and began to drive. His full attention was to getting Cassie to safety.

"It's going to be okay Cassie, you'll make it through this I promise," Nick took Cassie's hand and gently placed a kiss on it.

Nick was close to the hospital; he pulled into the Emergency Room and carried Cassie in his arms. He ran in as quickly as he could. The nurses were horrified in the state in which Cassie was, they immediately took her in, but they forced Nick to wait outside. Nick was pacing up and down the hallway, from the looks on the nurse's faces Cassie might not be okay.

"Sir, you came in with Cassie Blake correct?" A nurse asked with a clipboard in her hands.

"Yes, how is she?" Nick asked nervously waiting to hear what was wrong.

"She's going to pull through, she has stitches, but you got her in just in time. A second later and she would've lost too much blood to survive. We need you to fill this in, it's hospital procedure. Once you're done you can go in and see her." Nurse said handing Nick the clipboard.

Nick didn't hesitate and filled out the report, it asked for Cassie's basic information. Nick had no trouble filling it out. Once he was done he rushed in to go see Cassie. Cassie was lying still, her face had regained her natural color, and she no longer seemed like she was on the brink of death. Nick let out a small sigh of relief and pulled up a chair to sit next to Cassie's bed.

Nick reached out and gently grabbed Cassie's gentle hand. Nick felt relieved to know that his Cassie was going to make it out alright. As he looked at his hand which was intertwined with Cassie's he noticed the cord again. It seemed stronger and brighter than it was ever before, in this moment Nick knew nothing will ever separate him from Cassie's side.