A/N: I'm so sorry for the really late update! I've had a little trouble in my family recently and I haven't been able to write anything. So, I'm really sorry also, when I have been able to write I've been focusing on other fanfics since I have major writer's block with this one.
Thanks for everything, loves, all your time and patience
-DreamerGirl xx
Diana's POV:
"Nick," I hissed, as everyone was leaving my house, it hadn't been a productive evening at all, we didn't figure anything out. "Can I talk to you?"
"Sure, what about?"
"I'm sure you can guess, you care about, like, one thing." He chuckled
"Cassie."
"Yeah, um, well, she had a baby breakdown earlier, she doesn't know what to do and she wants me to be leader again. I told her it's not that simple but I'll be there with her every step of the way, you're going to have to be there for her, too. She needs us, Nick, she's losing her confidence and she doesn't know what to do, we don't have time for this. We need to figure what's going on with Faye and Adam, I have an idea, but I don't want to introduce it to the group, yet, in case it leads to nowhere, I need your help on that, too, but I'll explain tomorrow." I told him, he nodded, taking in everything I said.
"Okay, thanks, Diana, is Cassie staying here tonight?" I nodded, "Okay, as long as she's safe, that's all I care about." Nick said, walking over to where Cassie was sitting in the living room and kissing her forehead. "Night, love." He whispered, turning to go.
"Nick, what were you and Di talking about?" She asked, Nick visibly tensed, as did I, unwilling to tell Cassie we were discussing how worried we are about her.
"Nothing, love, just ideas about what we think it could be." He told her, I relaxed, he was a good liar. Cassie didn't look convinced, though. "What ideas did you have?"
"Nothing worth talking about, babe, we'll talk about it tomorrow." He told her, kissing her head once more before turning and leaving. "Goodnight, Diana." He said as he walked out of the door, I nodded, walking into the living room to see my best friend and practically my sister sitting on the couch, looking broken. "You were talking about me." She said, it was a statement, not a question. "Why did Nick lie to me?"
"We're worried, Cassie, we don't want you falling apart. We love you, both of us and we don't want to see you hurting. Cassie, are you okay?"
"No, Diana, I don't know what to do. I miss Adam." She admitted, her head hung in shame, I'm so glad Nick isn't here right now, he'd be distraught.
"What the hell do you mean, you miss Adam?" I asked her, getting slightly angry.
"I don't want to! I want to hate him with everything I have in me! I want to feel like I never want to see him again, but I can't." She admitted in a small voice. "I-I'm scared, Di, I don't know what's happening. I-I think I might still love him." My world came crashing down in those 7 small words, it's not like I wanted anything from Adam and I, it's just, I know Nick loves Cassie and Cassie loves Nick, more than life itself, I just need to get her to see that, something is clouding her vision, her confidence and everything else about her. I think I know what it might be, I noticed something in the book, earlier. "What're you going to do, Cass?" I asked, really worried, she looked at me with huge worried eyes. "I don't know, Diana, I know I hate him and I never want to see him again, especially after tonight. I don't know how to feel anymore, Diana! I can't carry on being like everything's okay, when it's not. I should hate Adam for what he did to me, how he treated me and Nick, how he almost killed us, tore us apart, but my vision and my feelings are clouded. I know I love, Nick, but there's a pull towards Adam I don't understand. I need help, Diana!" And with that, she collapsed into tears, I just held her, shushing her until she gradually began to fade and fall asleep, until she stopped sobbing and collapsed into a deep sleep, one of exhaustion. I set her on the couch so she was in a more comfortable position, put a blanket over her, then retreated to my room. I researched what I thought the thing was a little. I'm not sure, but all of the signs are pointing to some emotion demon. I don't know where the answer came from, but the best ideas always come from nowhere, don't they? I thought about how things matched up perfectly. First, the demon would go for the ones with the strongest negative emotions – Faye and Adam, they were both jealous as hell and both had a lot of hatred in them. It would go for Cassie next, because she was the most vulnerable right now. Who would it go for next? Probably Nick. I had to warn him and help him, before he succumbed to it. Cassie was sort of giving in to it, Adam and Faye had already fully given into it. I don't know how strong Nick is, he always gives off this strong exterior, but nobody – except for Cassie – has ever gotten him to open up enough for it to make a difference to him, I don't know how quick the demon could overpower him, how quick it could start to affect him, too. I needed to save Cassie and Nick, because I know one thing: Adam may have been jealous, but he was never capable of this and no matter how bad Faye is, how much she's capable of, like blackmail or anything like that, I know she's not capable of murder. She is my cousin, after all. We played together as kids and I know for a fact that the Faye I played with could never hurt anyone as much as she's hurt Cassie these past few weeks, she might have 'grown up' as she put it, but no matter how long it's been, nobody can change that much in a few years. I need to save my family, because no matter how much we fight, this coven is and always will be my family.