Sacrificed To My Sister's Mate

Chapter 4: Tug of war

Jade’s pov

"Nurse Jade, there is a patient in the ER I would like you to take care of." The doctor said, and I nodded. I quickly ran to the patient and found her busy talking to herself.

I could feel it from where I was that she was or was a witch.

A rogue witch who has been cast out of her coven.

There is nothing the doctor can do for her, and I also can’t do anything for her as well.

I went to her and started doing a routine check on her. Her eyes landed on me, and I froze on the spot when I saw who she was.

"You, you and your mother did this to me!" She said getting off the bed. She tried to attack me, but the guards held her back.

"She is unstable, put her under until she is better and get a psych here. They will deal with this." The Doctor said, and I looked at her. The hate in her eyes as she was looking at me, and I couldn’t blame her.

"I am so sorry." I said to her, and she scoffed.

"I hope you and your mother die a painful death. She did this to me!" She said pointing at her state. She was then put under and taken to the psych department, and I just stood there.

"What’s wrong nurse?" The Doctor asked me, and I just shrugged.

"Come on, you have work to do. Don’t let whatever that mad woman said get to you." He said and patted my shoulder.

I finished up my work and then, as I was about to leave, I got an idea.

I went to the psych department to check on the witch earlier. She was looked up in a protected room, so she doesn’t harm herself or anyone. I could see through a small window. It was made of plastic and doesn’t break easily.

I watched as she was busy talking to herself and moving around. She seemed to be in pain, my mother did that to her. I didn’t stop her, I couldn’t stop her, so I think that I am also to blame as well.

"What are you still doing here? You just worked a 40 hour shift and should go home." The doctor said, and I nodded.

"Looking forward to your day off?" He asked me, and I nodded.

"It’s been so long since I took one. I am thinking of going to the beach and just unwinding." I said, and he smiled.

"I would join you, but I am assisting in a surgery tomorrow." He said, and I nodded.

"I can go on my own." I said and then sighed looking at the woman one last time.

"Try to flirt with guys, you work hard and need some s****l healing." He said, and I rolled my eyes at this.

I got a taxi and when I got home I took a shower and heated some soup before sitting down and eating. I took out my phone and started looking at any potential dates on the dating apps.

I am just looking for a one-night stand, I need to get those images out of my mind.

It feels like I am being taunted.

I have tried many things to stop those dreams from happening.

I have tried every spell I could think of, but nothing is working.

But I think that this is like the pink elephant analogy. If you are asked not to think about the pink elephant, then all you can think about is the pink elephant.

Maybe I have been trying too hard, which would explain why he is still stuck in my mind.

And this guilt, the guilt that comes along with the realization that I am having a s*x dream about my brother-in-law.

I should know better than anyone that there are things I can’t outrun.

At first, I just thought that only bad memories can’t be outrun but I was wrong.

Turns out even a memory that is good can haunt you.

I know, I feel absolutely terrible that I even call what happened that night a good memory. But what else should I call it?

I liked it. I liked every second of it, which explains why I am still dreaming about it.

I don’t know what I should do about any of this anymore.

I seriously just need to get laid and then that’s it.

Dreams about him will disappear, so I have a new mission now and it is to get laid before going back to work. I have about 3 days off and I need to get it done within that time.

How hard can it be?

I am a good-looking woman in her early 20s and I am sexy. All I need to do is to work on my s*x appeal and then I will pull in men like a magnet.

That woman, should I go and check on her tomorrow?

Fuck, so far all I have done is hear about what happens but never saw it with my own eyes. She seemed to be in serious pain and seemed to be suffering.

I heard the Doctor talking about how there was nothing they could do for her. They don’t know what is wrong with her and the truth is that they will never be able to figure it out. That is just what happens to a rogue witch, they lose their magic slowly, and then their sanity, and then their life.

Being part of a coven means that you are linked to our ancestors who are the ones that determine the flow of magic. If your link with them is severed, then you become a rogue.

I closed my eyes as I remembered how that woman came to be in that situation.

Flashback

"Why do I have to come with you? I am only 14 years old." I said to my mother.

"And you will be coven leader after me. So yes, you are coming with me to this." She said, and I sighed and stopped.

"What now?" She asked me getting annoyed.

"Mother, this event is for grownups. You measure your magic to see who is more powerful than the other. I don’t need to know any of that." I explained, and she rolled her eyes.

"You will need to do so, and if you hold back then I won’t spare you." She said and dragged my hand.

We got to the grounds, and I looked at the full moon that was lighting up the sky.

"What is a child doing here?" A woman asked looking at my mother.

"This child will be your future coven leader." My mother said, and I rolled my eyes.

"Seriously Samantha, she is just a child." My aunt Emily said. She is my mother’s younger sister and also is in some kind of competition with my mother.

"Now start." My mother said and then the people started.

It’s basically a tug of war using magic and this time instead of pulling we are pushing. Whoever falls down first from the pressure of the other’s magic loses.

"You are next, don’t hold back and embarrass me." My mother said, and I frowned.

If I give it my all, then I will be here all night. But if I lose from the start, then no one will shame me since I am just a kid.

When I say no one, my mother isn’t included because she shames me any chance she gets.

"Your mother obviously doesn’t care about you. She wants you dead, that is why she bought you here." The woman said.

I just sighed and got ready while she did the same.

I could feel it, she was giving it all she had.

I started strong and then slowly decreased the pressure of my magic. I could feel her magic pushing me away slowly. She looked at me and then smirked before suddenly releasing a surge of magic that blew me off.

I hit a nearby tree and felt the air being knocked out of my lungs.

"I told you not to hold back." My mother said as she walked towards me. I just hit a tree and all she can think about is what she told me I should do.

"And you, I heard the threat you made to my daughter when you first started. She is a child, why didn’t you hold back?" My mother asked the woman.

"That is exactly what we have been trying to tell you. She is a child and shouldn’t be in a place like this." Aunt Emily said.

"Because she needs to learn these things. I am preparing her for the future. You are my sister Emily, but if you question me one more time then you won’t like the consequences." My mother said.

"And you, for this act of trying to harm your future leader. I am banishing you from this Coven." My mother said and then looked at me.

"Get up, let’s go." She said, and I nodded and tried to get up. I had to use the tree to balance myself and then got up.

I was in extreme pain, but I couldn’t show it because she honestly didn’t care.

"You are not criticizing me. You planned all of this didn’t you?" I asked her stopping.

"Well, you are smart enough to pick up on it." She said and then stopped.

"Yes, I bought you here knowing that you would hold back. And you did and because of that I managed to turn that b***h into a rouge." My mother said.

"What if I got injured worse than I did? What if she killed me?" I asked her.

"You are not dead, are you?" She simply retorted and then continued walking.

End of flashback

I still don’t know why she risked my life, what did that woman do to deserve such a punishment?