"Jade, we have to go," Constantine says as he comes into view. I look down noticing I've fallen to my knees. Constantine lifts me off the floor into his arms. "I'm going to open a portal. You need to picture the safe house. Do you understand?" I nod weakly and picture the safe house.

"We will find you! There's no place where you can hide from us." The fallen yells. Constantine takes us through the portal with Zach close behind him. We appear in the living room I was picturing. Bare walls and a sparse amount of furniture surround us.

"You need to get the bullets out of her back." He tells Zach. "She's not healing because she's too weak. Having the bullets in her is making it harder." Asher runs into the room with his hands full of medical supplies. He hands Zach a pair of surgical pliers. Constantine lays me on my stomach across his lap. My hands grip the cloth on the couch cushions and I grit my teeth as Zach digs the two bullets out.

"Why isn't she healing." Ash askes worried. I breath in jagged breathes.

"I used my powers," I say breathlessly. "Broke the spell. Couldn't control the fire."

"She did more than her body could handle. If she was able to practice her powers this wouldn't be a problem." Constantine says angrily. He lifts up my mostly limp body and carries me to the nearest bedroom.

"What are you doing?" Ash yells.

"Helping her. This is a bit private so if you'll excuse us." He slams the door in his face and lays me gently on the bed. "Don't worry luv. I've got you." Realization sets in and I shake my head furiously.

"No, I can't." I try to pull myself up and away but my elbows give under my weight.

"It's okay. I've got you. I won't let the hunger control you." I continue to shake my head. He tugs me into his lap. "You've lost a lot of blood and you're too weak. You need to drink to get some strength back." He pleads. I take a deep breath in then out. He's right, I'm no use if I can't do anything. I nod softly. He exposes a side of his neck to me. The smell of his blood running through his body hits my nose. He smells of cinnamon, sweet and spicy. "You know what to do."

My mouth stops millimeters away from his neck. I brush my lips against his skin as I open my mouth the sink my teeth in. His blood rushes into my mouth. I can feel the bullet wounds and cuts knit back together. My canines tingle and I bite harder into his skin to reopen the healing flesh. More blood explodes into my mouth. The taste is sweet and salty. I move to straddle his lap and his hands grip my hips. The walls in my head begin to slowly build themselves back up. Then all of a sudden my head feels like a million daggers are being slammed into it. I let out a pained scream as I fall onto the bed clutching my head.

I can hear the door to the room burst open. The sensation starts running through my body and it feels as if I'm burning from the inside out. I writhe in pain against the bed as if I can squirm out of my skin. "Make it stop!" I cry out.

"What did you do to her?" Someone asks angrily.

"This isn't me. She wasn't able to heal fast enough and now a demon is trying to get inside her head." He grabs my face and pulls it to look at him. His lips are moving but I hear nothing. All I can think about is the pain.

My eyes fill with an image. It takes me a moment to recognize him as the man from my visions. The demon with the pitch black eyes. "What do you want?" I shriek. A grin spreads across his face and then he begins to laugh. His dark heartless chuckle fills my ears as his image dissipates. Constantine is still holding my face trying to talk to me but the only sound I can hear is his laugh.

"Say yes." His voice whispers. "Say yes." It repeats over and over again. I shake my head back and forth.

"No, no, no," I answer again and again. "I won't help you."

"You think you know pain?" He chuckles. "You know nothing." Another pained scream escapes me. My limbs feel as if they are being torn from my body. The burning intensifies like I've been thrown into a pit of fire. "There is no place you can hide from me."

"Jade!" I hear someone scream. "Jade!" I look around sporadically until I find who's saying my name. A blurry image of Constantine appears. His wrist is hovering above me and he's repeatedly cutting his wrist. "You are stronger than him. Fight." My back bows off the bed as a wave of flames spreads from my chest throughout my body. Constantine's face begins to fade. He lowers his wrist and I can feel something running down my throat. Instead of feeling like flames it feels cool. I draw in more and the pain begins to subside. My arms move to clutch whatever it is closer to me. When I look down I see Constantine's arm. I bite harder taking in one last long draw and push his arm away. Time to fight.

Ignoring the pain, I search for him. The demon inside my head. If he can find me then I can find him. It's as if I am the air. Soring rapidly through the sky. I follow the sound of his horrid laugher until I'm right in front of him. He's taller than I thought he'd be. His long black hair is held back by a hair tie and he's dressed in a suit.

"Say yes," I whisper. He turns in my direction and his eyes widen in surprise. I dive into his mind and make him feel like he's being sliced to pieces. "You think you know pain?" I grin. "You know nothing." Before I can do anything else I snap back into my body. I collapse onto the bed and breath in deep jagged breathes. When I open my eyes everyone is staring at me. What did I do? I look at each one of them and they look, afraid. Of me. I try getting off the bed but my legs buckle under my weight. Constantine catches me and lifts me up. I bury my face in the crook of his neck hiding from everyone. My whole body aches all over, especially my jaw.

"Jade, are you okay?" Ash asks. When he touches me I flinch and he immediately takes his hand away. Constantine leaves the room. I don't know where he's taking me but I don't care. As long as I'm away from them and their fear. A small sob escapes my lips before I can keep it in and he holds be closer to him. He stops walking and closes a door behind us with his foot.

"Can you stand?" He asks me quietly. I nod yes and he sets me gently on my feet. He kisses the top of my forehead and goes to do something behind me.

The sound of running water fills my ears. Constantine comes back in front of me and goes to his knees. He lifts one of my legs and takes off my shoe then the other. Once my shoes are off he stands up and puts his arms around me to unzip my dress. Next, he peels the straps off my shoulders and lets the dress fall to the floor. He wipes away my silent tears then goes to stop the water. He tugs my hand in his direction and my legs automatically drag themselves to the tub. I move my hollow body into the tub silently. When I've finally seated myself in the warm water he speaks. "Will you be alright on your own?"

I nod yes and lay in the tub on my side facing away from him. His hand caresses the tattooed skin on my back. Last time he saw me the skin there was bare. He heads to the door and hesitates before opening and leaving. The bathroom is absolutely silent except for the sound of my tears hitting the water. What did I just do?

"Where is she?" I hear Ash ask.

"Cleaning up," Constantine tells him.

"I want to see her." Ash takes a step forward but not a second.

"She wants to be left alone. You, go find her some clothes."

"My name's Abigail and I want to see her too."

"None of you will see her until she wants to be seen. I suggest you pretend she is not here and continue on with your business."

"She is my sister and she's hurting. Get out of my way before I make you move." Ash growls.

"We don't know you which means we can't trust you." Zach pipes in.

"You, shut up before I do something that'll upset her even more. It's your fault this even happened to her. If you hadn't almost gotten killed she wouldn't have been too weak to protect herself."

"I told you not to go back, Zach!" Ash yells. "Why didn't you listen to her orders."

"You shut up too. If it weren't for that Valkyrie mother of yours trying to suppress her abilities she'd know how to use and control them."

"Be careful of what you say. I'm losing my patience with you." Ash says through gritted teeth. I ignore the rest and submerge myself under the water. I keep myself under and hold my breath for as long as I can. When I emerge I notice the water swirling with colors of black and red. I get out of the dirty water and tug my dress back on.

The cloth is now tattered and singed but it's better than nothing. I look at my reflection in the mirror and resist the urge of cringing away. My usually light brown skin looks drained of all color. My black hair is a wild mess, my eyes look sunken, and the blue looks dull and lifeless. I look like hell warmed over.

The sound of something shattering draws my attention to the door. Then everyone starts shouting at each other. I take a deep calming breath and glare at my reflection. This is not you. You are not weak. You are strong and unstoppable. One demon cannot stop you. You have a mission that is not complete. Pull yourself together and get your ass back to work.

I shove myself away from the counter and leave my shoes behind. Flinging the door open, I follow the sound of shouting to find everyone in the living room. "Enough!" I shout at everyone. "We have a job to do. Or did you all forget that?" I ask sternly. All of their mouths snap shut except Constantine's. "Wipe that smirk off your face or I'll do it for you."

"I'm just glad to see you're alright."

"What's the plan?" Ash asks. The yellow of his eyes slowly turning back to hazel.

"We get Barron and Deyvon to the council. It's the safest place for them to be. They need protection and with demons coming after me I'm putting them in danger. Then I'm-"

"No way am I leaving your side." Deyvon interrupts. "Wherever you are I'm there. You're like my sister, Jade. If you're in danger I'm going to help protect you." Barron snorts from behind me but I ignore him.

"Yeah, the sister he wants to fuck." Zach mumbles. My head snaps in his direction but before I can say anything Deyvon beats me to it.

"I do that shit to mess with her. It's my life mission to drive her nuts and because it's so hard to do it's gold when I finally get a reaction out of her." He laughs softly and gives me a smile. "I suppose I should apologize for that."

"It's okay. I'm sure when I'm in a better mood I'll be able to see the humor. I'd be honored to have you by my side." Deyvon gives me a hug and another snort comes from Barron. "Is there something you'd like to say or would you like to keep snorting." This asshole is still on my bad side.

"There is something that I'd like to say. You're being an idiot letting him risk his life for you. If you ask me you're letting your personal feelings get in the way." Barron says as he stands and crosses his arms over his chest.

"If you'd like to bring up personal feelings why don't you tell Deyvon how you really feel about him." I challenge. Deyvon looks at me confused and Barron looks panicked. After a minute of silence, I continue. "Fine, I'll tell him. Barron is gay and has had a hard-on for you since the day he met you. That's why he was being such a dick to me at dinner. He was jealous. Now that the cats out the bag let's move on."

"Holy shit." Abby squeaks from behind me.

"Deyvon would just order me to stay with him if I said no. I'd rather him be by my side willingly then force me to agree. I'll take Barron to Cyndi and she'll get him to the council. You must tell no one except Cyndi and Deyvon's parents of what happened. If the vampires hear your people have been compromised, it'll give them the excuse they've been waiting for to get the wolves off the council. Do you understand?" Barron nods still looking at me in shock. I walk over to Constantine and lower my voice so the others understand I don't want them to hear. "When I get back I want you to tell me what happened." He agrees to tell me with a slight nod of his head.

"What do we do while you're gone?" Zach asks.

"You? Nothing." I say putting every ounce of venom I can into the words. "Your dumb ass is going back to the school for disobeying orders and almost getting yourself killed."

"And you almost killed. Don't forget that." Constantine chimes in but I ignore him.

"I will not let your ignorance put my team or the prince in danger."

"My ignorance? I went back to help you and I was handling myself just fine. You almost setting me on fire is what killed me." He says angrily.

"If it weren't for me seeing you sprawled out on your ass without a weapon with a demon ready to drive his sword through your heart I would not have lost my control and set everything on fire," I say through gritted teeth. Constantine comes up behind me and places a hand on my shoulder.

"Stay calm, luv. You're making the house shake." I look around and notices vases wobbling.

"I'm still weak. I need to leave. In order to use my abilities, I had to break Cyndi's spell which was cloaking me."

"That's why the demon was able to find you?" Zach asks.

"Look at you, using your brain for once," I say dryly. "Yes, that's how he found me and I'm too weak to cloak myself the little I know how. My walls are not fully up. It's not safe for me to be around anyone. Let's go, Barron. Say goodbye to your wannabe boyfriend." I smile at him and he gives me a glare in return. I take a portal from Deans belt and open it. A swirl of black, purple, and orange opens in front of me. "Zach first. Barron follow him. When I get back we'll discuss what our next move will be. Be careful of what you talk about. You might all be being watched. Constantine, you're in charge."

"Are you kidding me?" Ash exclaims but I don't respond to him and walk through the portal. Cyndi is going to shit herself when she hears about what happened. I take a deep breath and lead the two boys into the school.

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Author's Notes:

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-Oleanna