Kane Chronicles: Bloody Sands

Chapter 4 of my Kane Chronicles story, enjoy.

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TesaRose: Thanks, glad you enjoyed it, there will be some, but please stop this constant asking, it's getting annoying, anyway Zarter's the main pairing for this story.
divertgentlover5: As I said above, there will be some but Zarter is the main pairing.
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Now onto the story.

Disclaimer: Kane Chronicles belongs to Rick Riordan.

Chapter 4: Calm before the Storm

Carter opened his eyes slowly; the morning light streamed into his room through the curtains. He was all too aware of his nakedness, as well as the naked, beautiful girl next to him, in his arms. He smiled as the memories of last night came back to him with great clarity; he and Zia had made love last night. It had been an incredible experience; he had never felt anything like it before in his life. The overwhelming emotions made everything seem more powerful; it had brought him the greatest pleasure he had ever felt. Even now his skin tingled with that excitement and he still felt the warmth in the air from their act.

He then heard Zia stir and he smiled as she opened her eyes; she took a second to note their position and smiled wickedly. Carter's smile widened to a grin and he kissed her. She responded eagerly, even opening her mouth to allow their tongues to dance together as they did so. Finally they parted for air and she laid her head on Carter's chest.

"Carter, last night, it was…just incredible, I've never…" She told him, breathlessly. "I've never felt anything like it."

He nodded and admitted. "Me neither. We, everything we did last night, just felt so amazing, so…perfect."

Zia laughed softly and agreed. Then, through unspoken agreement they got out of bed and quickly got dressed, before heading downstairs to join the others.

They noticed that everybody else was already awake, and all eyes turned to them when they arrived on the balcony. They both blushed but acted as if nothing had happened, sitting down and joining the others. Taking the hint everybody returned to breakfast, not saying a word, although Zia had a sneaking suspicion that Sadie's friends wouldn't let this go. At least, that's what their expressions said; they were clearly already planning some intense questioning, if not for her, then for Sadie as they would probably ask her what she thought.

'Oh that's not going to be good; Sadie's not going to like that,' Zia noted to herself.

Luckily, however, there were no attempts at questioning them at all during breakfast and after they were finished eating Sadie headed off any potential attempts by turning to Carter and asking, "So, what's the plan for today?"

Carter sighed and shook his head. "I know we're on vacation but…we can't abandon our magical studies for the whole time."

There were some groans; however, Carter raised his hand to ward off any complaints before smiling.

"However that doesn't mean we can't have fun while doing so."

Sadie smirked as she caught on. "I see, nice, okay then, let's get started."

Zia noted the interested faces of the others and smiled. She had to admit, Carter certainly knew how to convince people to work; whatever he had in mind would ensure they still learned more about their magic and stayed in practice, but at the same time, would allow them to have fun.

Later on in the day, everyone was currently relaxing, their work done for now. Carter's plan had worked brilliantly. Everybody had enjoyed their work today and got to use their magic to great effect. Right now, Sadie was lying back on her bed, her thoughts distracted by a certain god.

'Anubis, I've not seen him in so long, why couldn't he stay longer?' she wondered sadly. 'I wanted to talk to him, even just see him. I missed him, he's hardly changed…Well duh, of course not; of course he's still as good looking as ever, he's a god.'

Sadie shook her head, as much as she'd love to spend all day obsessing over Anubis she couldn't. She sighed as she tried to cast the thoughts out of her head. 'I've gotta stop this, it isn't healthy; besides, now isn't the time. I should be thinking about Setne and the threat he poses, rather than Anubis and him being hot and…Wait a minute.'

She scowled as her train of thought was broken, going back to Anubis again, despite her efforts. She knew of course why it happened; she was distracted by none other than her friends. Liz and Emma were seated on the floor, talking together, and the subject they were talking about was, of all things, Anubis. She sat up on the bed and tried hard to ignore them, but no such luck.

Sadie finally had enough as she listened to them going on and on.

"Can you believe how yummy-looking that bloke was?" Liz squealed.

"I know! So hot, so hot!" Emma squealed back.

"I wonder if he has some emo thing going on?" Liz wondered. "I mean, did you see how much black he was wearing?"

"If he does, it doesn't make him any less hot," Emma replied, giggling. Liz giggled back.

Sadie shook her head, unable to take it anymore. "Oh shut up both of you." They turned to look at her startled.

"But Sadie, he…" Liz began but Sadie's glare stopped her.

Emma, however, was not deterred. "C'mon, you should be joining in; I saw the way you practically drooled over him."

Sadie was indignant. "I did not."

"Oh yes you did, c'mon now," Emma shot back.

Sadie shook her head again. "Just forget it, I don't want to talk about him, okay."

They looked at each other and sighed. Sadie shook her head, unable to believe that her friends kept trying to get answers out of her regarding Anubis and her feelings for him. "Listen, I don't want to talk about it, okay?" she said firmly. "Can't you think of something else to discuss?"

As soon as the words left her lips, she regretted them. Liz and Emma immediately got identical smirks on their faces at her suggestion.

"Okay then, we will." Liz said gleefully. "Your brother and his girlfriend, how close do you think they are?"

"Guys…" She began but Emma beat her to it.

"Yeah, c'mon, how far do you think they went on their date last night? When they came back here, I could've sworn I heard something coming in the direction of Carter's room. It sounded like they were –"

Sadie leapt off the bed. "Okay, eww, I am not discussing this, my brother's love life is the last thing I want to talk about."

Liz still smirked as she then remarked, "His sex life, you mean."

With a frustrated growl, Sadie stormed out of the room.

End of chapter, hope you enjoyed it, read and review please.

Okay, as the title of this chapter suggests, we're heading for the dramatic incident mentioned before; prepare yourselves.