Devils Roses 04 - Witch

your memories and Ben and Aleks. I’m just grateful that we have each other."
    “I guess. I just wish it was all easier you know?”
    “Aimee you need to be honest with him. His life is short. He needs to be able to move on. It’s hard to hear it right now but it will get better with time.”
    A hurt look crossed her face, “I’m just so scared to make the wrong choice. One side of me wants Shane, just like the other side of me wanted Aleks.”
    He sighed, “Okay this is going to sound brutal and harsh but you need it. You broke Aleks's heart and then he died. You can't say you wish you'd made another choice. The choice you made is over. There is no getting that time back. Aims you have enough on your plate. Worrying about the life of a human is a big one to add to that. You’ve got like three humans to worry about.”
    “Four."
    He raised an eyebrow, "Four?"
    "Blake isn’t evil. I know him. He isn’t doing this on purpose.”
    He didn’t want to touch that one with a mile long pole. She had a hard time being wrong.
    He nodded and smiled.
    “Want to go kill shit?”
    He laughed, “What?” He wondered if she'd listened to anything he'd said.
    Her demon smile crossed her lips, “I know someone who deserves a visit from us.”
    He felt his stomach rumble, “I’m hungry. Can we eat first?” He shivered remembering what she did the last time she was angry. She had pulled the soul so violently that blood had shot from the person and splattered everywhere. Lucas had loved it but Sam had nearly thrown up. Lucas had been calling him Nancy ever since.
    “You go ahead and eat. I’m saving my appetite for later.”
    He scrunched up his nose, “You have that look. The one where people bleed everywhere.”
    She laughed bitterly, “They taste better scared. I so get what Dorian’s deal is with it. He likes them afraid before he does it too.”
    “Dealers are disgusting. I’m a lover not a fighter.” He stood and lifted her up to her feet.
    “Yeah whatever. Every time we go anywhere we learn another new talent of yours.” Her eyes turned serious again, “Thanks for letting me miss him.”
    Sam shrugged, “You let me love Hanna and obsess about her and even talked me out of trying to kill Marcus.”
    She pointed at him, “That would have been a mistake. You would have died.”
    “Aleks would be alive instead of me. It would have been better that way.”
    Her words were a whisper in the night air, “Never say that Sam. He wouldn’t want it that way. He was better than us all.”

Chapter Thirteen
    Ophelia

    “You new?”
    Ophelia looked up from the picture she couldn’t take her eyes off, to see the most beautiful girl she had ever seen in her life. She was exotic.
    The girl frowned, “You speak English?”
    Ophelia laughed, “Sorry. Been a long day. Yeah I guess I’m new.”
    The girl smiled, making her face so stunning Ophelia almost had to look away, “Oh cool. I’m Giselle.” She sighed and slumped into the chair beside her at the huge table.
    “I’m Ophelia.”
    “What flavor are you?” She twirled her hair and raised her perfectly manicured eyebrows.
    Ophelia looked deeply into her dark eyes, “Is that a trick question?” She nearly felt lost.
    Giselle looked at her and smiled dreamily, “No. You make me feel funny. I meant what kind of monster are you?”
    "Monster? You mean like the wolf and the ghost?"
    Giselle smiled just as bright white fangs dropped out of the plump lips.
    “AHHHH OH MY GOD!” Ophelia jumped up and backed away from the table, "Oh my god. Oh my god. What are you?"
    Giselle put her hand up to her lips covering them, as if she was ashamed, “Oh thnap thorry. Thtupid fangth. They’re like a dude’th thingy. They jutht pop up randomly.”
    Ophelia grimaced, “What? What? Oh my god? What thingy? You mean… oh my god.”
    She was backed against the counter completely, but still trying to back away.
    Giselle laughed, “I’m not like gay or anything. I mean not yet. Dorian thaid I might get bored, eventually. I gueth he had thith like phathe. Anyway. Uhm yeah. Thorry. The blood rushed there and then they came. Give it a minute and they’ll go away again. You just thmell so good.”
    Ophelia shook her head, completely confused, “I don’t know what you’re saying.”
    She pointed to her face, “The fangth make my ethh thound funny. I can't thay all the wordth. Like thally and thue and thorry and thupid. It’th the fangth.”
    Ophelia started to laugh,