Devils Roses 04 - Witch

suddenly at his side, “Is it Hanna? Is she okay?”
    He covered his face to hide his pain. He was ashamed of himself.
    “Is she hurt?”
    “Where is she?”
    He tried to speak but his voice cracked. He whispered instead, “She doesn’t want to be with me.”
    He felt Luke help him to his feet, “Did she do this to you? Tell me you fought back.”
    “Lucas.” Ari scolded him. Luke laughed nervously.
    Sam shrugged him off, “I’m fine.” He turned and walked inside of the house.
    Danny was in the kitchen eating and playing his DSI, “Hey Sam. Did Anne tell you she met some Internet dude? She’s going on a real date. Like gross. I pity that poor sap.”
    Sam nodded and trudged through the kitchen to the stairs. He ran up them until he was in his room. He closed the door and collapsed on his bed. He missed his mom.
    He hadn’t seen her since she had been taken. The Wiccan’s assumed she had been caught by the government, like the girl they had taken from the island. He let them take him when he found out she was missing. He promised the Wiccan's he would find the missing child and his mother.
    He realized his mother had not ever been inside of the facility when he got there. He met the Nephilim children and stayed with them until they would be rescued. The girl who had been taken from the Wiccan's was Sarah. She was a fire witch. He smiled thinking about finding her there. She had been taken from her elementary school for burning the gymnasium down. When she touched him his magic sparked with hers and he was able to see the future. He saw Aimee long before she ever came for them.
    The kids in the center were all the same, they all got their powers before they should have. They were frighteningly dangerous and out of control. Danny and Anne had the least frightening powers. Sarah got nervous and lit fires all the time. He constantly put out the seductive powers, which made him popular with the female guards.
    The government had been using them. Danny was made to predict things and used as a human walkie-talkie. Sarah was made to sneak into places and firebomb them. She could make herself invisible whenever she needed it. Anne could make a shield that stopped everything from working. She was like a walking E.M.P.
    Sam had hated being captive and could have escaped at anytime but he couldn’t take them with him. Not all of them. He couldn’t guarantee he could make it back to get the ones he left behind. He couldn’t protect them from themselves. They were too volatile. He knew one day Aimee would come and save them all. Then he could get back to Hanna. Back to waiting for her to wake up.
    He felt anger growing inside of him as he thought about the years wasted.
    “Sam.”
    He looked up at Lydia standing in the doorway of his room.
    “You have everyone pretty worried Sam. Is Hanna okay?”
    He shook his head, “They’ve turned her. I saw her gleaning the need off of someone.”
    Lydia looked disgusted, “Why would she do something like that?”
    He shrugged, “They have her. Sending her there was mistake. I will never forgive you, or Lorri.”
    He pulled his ring from his finger and placed it on the nightstand.
    “Sam don’t be foolish.”
    “Make the pain stop Lydia. Please. Break the match.”
    “I won’t Sam. It will break your heart. You’ll never feel love again. You'll die.”
    He turned his back to her, “I won’t ever love again anyway.”
    “What’s going on?” Lorri's voice filled the room.
    “Hanna and Sam have had a fight.”
    “Yeah I figured. She just sent me a message to come and get her in Greece. She wants to come home.”
    Sam turned around and shook his head.
    "Don't be a pain in the ass Sam."
    Lydia put her hands on her hips, “Hanna is a Rose. You can’t leave her there if she wants to come home. That’s wrong. Sam, you and her need to try to fix this.” She stormed out of the room.
    Lorri nodded at his ring on the nightstand, “Bugging your finger?”
    He shook his head, “Not doing this anymore. I’m done. The moment I went searching for my mom and became bent on saving the kids, was the last moment of peace I’ve had.”
    “I’m going to kill her.” Lorri rubbed her eyes like she was exhausted.

Chapter Nineteen
    Ophelia

    The woman in the snow globe waved at her and blew her a kiss. Ophelia looked at the six balls of light, “Do you see her often?”
    ‘Other than this snow globe we have not seen her since birth. We each remember her from the