Blood Rush (The Lost Witch Trilogy #2) by Katie Lee O'Guinn Page A

than he thought he ever could. But I also think this is good for him. Men appreciate the things in life they have to fight for. He’s going to have to fight hard for you. You might end up with Lash which could be a good thing. But I think Zane was brought here for a reason. And that reason is you.”
    Sarah nodded and felt a little better. “Thanks Agnes.”
    Agnes winked at her and smiled widely. “Honey, I wouldn’t miss this for the world. Have a good day dear.”
     
     

Chapter 9 - The Rebound
     
    Sarah smiled at everyone in her classes and in the halls. She was determined to not look heartbroken. Lash had found her a few times between classes and had insisted on walking her to class. He didn’t press her to hold hands and she was grateful for that. But it was the way he looked at her. No one could mistake the possessiveness there.
    Sarah thought long and hard about skipping PE but was glad she didn’t when Carter agreed to stand next to her during dodge ball and protect her from all the ones aimed at her head. She ended up getting six opponents out and surprisingly had a fun time. As Carter walked her to the cafeteria he asked her out for Friday night.
    Sarah felt a little glimmer of female satisfaction that such a good looking, funny nice guy would ask her out. But there was just too much drama going on in her life with Zane and Lash. Adding one more guy to the mix would be deadly. For her anyways.
    “I’d love to any other time, but right now I just can’t. I’ve got a personal situation that I’m trying to deal with,” she said, frowning as she realized just how lame she sounded.
    Carter smiled down at her as he opened the cafeteria door for her. “ Hmmm , personal situation huh? I’ll take that as a future yes then.”
    Sarah smiled up into Carter’s handsome face and decided not to answer.
    “Come sit by me today. We’ll plan our future date,” he teased her.
    Sarah looked past Carter’s shoulder and saw Lash looking at her expectantly. She remembered the look in his eye from before and nodded her head at Carter. She motioned for Lash to join them.
    Lash was surprisingly pleasant as they talked in line. Carter and Lash had second period English together and joked around in a relaxed way, for which she was very grateful. Of course, Lash wasn’t aware that Carter had just asked her out either.
    They sat down together at Carter’s usual table and he spent a good five minutes introducing all of his friends to them. The girl on Lash’s left immediately pulled him into a conversation about music concerts they had both been too, so she was free to talk to Carter.
    Sarah stiffened and put her fork down as she caught sight of Zane and Charlie walking in late. Zane had an arm around Charlie’s shoulder and a smile on his face. Charlie looked cool, elegant and blasé about the fact that she had a gorgeous guy in tow. She was dressed to kill and looked like a runway model. Sarah wished her far away in a slimy ditch filled with snakes.
    “So um, I take it you’ve met the one and only Charlie,” Carter said, leaning down to speak softly in her ear.
    Sarah glanced at him and grimaced. “Yeah, you could say that. She called me plain and out of her league yesterday,” she said and stabbed her peach cobbler with a vengeance.
    Carter laughed and shook his head. “Trust me, you don’t want to be in her league. Her league plays for the insane asylum. She is bone deep scary. I’d stay away from her if I were you.”
    Sarah shrugged and smiled casually. “What’s she like?”
    Carter spent the rest of lunch detailing all of Charlie’s past misdeeds. The fact that she’d gotten a few teachers fired didn’t surprise her. The fact that Charlie had been placed in Foster care when she was a young girl and now lived with an ancient aunt made her ears perk up though.
    “Do you know her aunt’s name?” she asked as she glanced at Charlie and Zane’s table again. Zane was done eating and was leaning back