Free Casted (Casted series) by Sonya Loveday Page B

I wasn’t sure exactly what that meant. If he wasn’t of ‘our kind’, what was he?
    “He’s a Triad plant,” Dagger said.
    “Oh, yes do tell…please. Everyone knows how you like to play the hero, while I play the bad guy,” Edge laughed.
    “Can you two set aside your differences for now? Dagger, in case you haven’t noticed, we barely got away from the Triad that just blew my damn house to smithereens and frankly, I’m not real comfortable standing out here in the open. She’s like a frigging beacon for the bastards.” Julie walked over to where Edge was standing and glared at him. “And as for you, well, just because you’re ‘off’ the list, doesn’t mean you can’t help us. I know you don’t want to have to explain to the council why you refused us sanctuary. I’m sure that’s all they will need, to kick you out once and for all.”
    Off what list? It was getting more confusing by the minute. And why did Dagger and Edge hate each other so much?
    “Just forget it, let me think for a minute and I’ll figure out where we need to go next,” Dagger said.
    Edge let out a pent-up breath. “Forget it, man, there is nowhere safer then here right now, especially if the Triad is hunting her.”
    Daggers vocabulary went from short sentences to no words, only noises. He growled again and tried to pace. It was hard to do because with every agitated step, my feet would get in the way of his and I would stumble.
    “Can you please let me go now?” I asked. It’s not like I was going to get very far away from him, not that I’d want to right now anyway.
    He reluctantly released me but stayed very close. He started muttering to himself. It sounded like he was running down a list of places, and coming up short on one he thought was safe. He snapped his fingers like he’d just remembered a place to hide.
    “I know where we need to go to next,” he said as he grabbed my hand and began to walk away.
    Julie looked startled as she hurried to catch up to us. I looked back at Edge, he looked bored.
    “All the active flash point doorways have been sealed,” Edge said to our retreating backs.
    Dagger stopped and turned, shooting a dirty look at him. “Why should I believe that?”
    “Because I shut them down myself. In fact, if it wasn’t for the fact that you three just tumbled out of that one, I would have forgotten about the West End House.” He shrugged.
    “Why would you close them all?” Julie asked.
    Edge looked at Julie like she’d lost her mind. “In case you haven’t noticed, all the safe houses are under attack.”
    Oh no! What about Jessa and Rainy? Were they still alive?
    “Look I wasn’t kidding when I said I was booked. The house is filled with vagrants now. All the places they’ve called sanctuary are now blown to pieces. I’m thinking about leaving myself…can’t take much more of them.” He shook his head.
    “Others are here? Dagger, do you think they’re here?” I was bubbling with excitement to think that Jessa and Rainy could be there - that they had made it through the last few days unharmed.
    Dagger must have seen the hope in my eyes because he looked defeated. He knew there was no way I’d let us leave, without checking to see if they were in fact there.
    “We’re out of options.” Julie turned to Dagger. “This is it, at least until we can gather enough resources to figure out what is going on.”
    “Come on then, the more the merrier and all that shit,” Edge said as he turned to walk away.
    We really had no other options and at least if there were a lot of people around, Dagger wouldn’t be subjected to too much time around Edge.
    We walked until we got to a clearing at the edge of the woods. It would have looked like any open field except for the silver shimmery bubble that covered the house and surrounding acres in protection.
    The silver haze flowed over my skin, bringing instant goose bumps to my flesh. I shuddered. Dagger and Julie looked sick, like they