Devils Roses 04 - Witch

minutes we had when we were born, before we were taken.’
    She frowned, “Why can’t you go there?”
    ‘There is a guard around the tower. No one may enter but our father and the maids.’
    “How did Annabelle make this snow globe then?”
    ‘One of the maids sacrificed her life to create a live link to mother’s cell. It’s made of her blood and soul.’
    She frowned, “Gross.” She was grateful she had gotten Sam to take her to grab it. He made her promise a favor if he did it. She had cried when she saw her house. Her parents were out. She knew they were looking for their daughters. She imagined they were terrified, as she was.
    Thoughts of Jake filled her mind. She wondered if he was still thinking about her or if it was all a lie. She couldn’t believe her life had taken the turn it had.
    She left the snow globe and walked down the stairs to the kitchen.
    “She needs to convince them to give her their power after she kills her brother.”
    “Shh.”
    She stopped as she opened the fridge door. She stood frozen at the fridge holding the jug of orange juice.
    Were they talking about her?
    “Ophelia honey, do you want to come in here?”
    She carried the orange juice with her into the sitting room next to the kitchen. Lorri and Lydia sat on the chairs.
    Lorri raised an eyebrow at the juice.
    “I was getting a glass, I swear.”
    “So you heard that I assume.”
    She nodded, “You want me to kill my brother? The brother I haven’t ever met and don’t really believe exists?”
    “The way the witch who birthed the others did the spell was so that whoever was the last standing would be graced with the power of them all. It’s the only way to defeat him.”
    She raised an eyebrow, “They told me you’re Lucifer. If that’s true how is he stronger than you?”
    Lorri looked her directly in the eyes, “He has allowed the shadow to fill him up. He is full of the hate and pain of the world. He is the actual Satan human kind believes me to be. The reason we guard is to keep the darkness your mother cursed the earth with out.”
    Ophelia nodded, “I know Annabelle and my sisters told me this. Adam raped her in the garden.”
    “Shhh child. Do not speak the words.” Lydia looked around nervously.
    She frowned, “Why?”
    “Better to be safe than sorry.”
    “Look I get that this is very real to you all but the part that’s real to me is my sister. Do you know where she is?”
    Lydia glanced at Lorri who nodded, “We think she’s in Alaska, if she’s still alive.”
    “Still alive?” Her stomach started to twist.
    Lorri nodded, “Look kid the people who have her have all the darkness in the world inside of them. Bad things are kind of their gigs.”
    “Can we go get her?”
    “Not until July seventh. It’s when you’ll be at your strongest.”
    She tried to contain her anger, “Are you fucking insane. I’m not waiting over a week to get her. Especially if she might die. Freaking nut bags. My parents have probably called the police. Everyone knows we're missing. Jesus Christ.”
    She got up and stormed up to the room where Sam was staying. She tapped on his door.
    “Yes.”
    She opened it and smiled, “Hey.”
    He stood at his bedside with a big bag. She frowned, “What are you doing?”
    “Leaving.”
    Her heart sunk. She hated the house and the stupid people in it. The little kids were creepy and the girls her age were bitchy. She paused watching him and blurted out, “Can I come?”
    He shrugged and put a hand out. She ran out, “Be right back.”
    She ran to her room and snagged her snow globe and ran back to his room.
    “Sam don’t do this.”
    Lydia’s voice rang through the halls. Sam frowned at Ophelia who grabbed his arm as they flashed.
    She opened her eyes when they stopped moving to see the most amazing castle she had ever seen.
    “Wow. What is this place?”
    He walked away from her, “Giselle’s place.”
    Ophelia gulped, “The vampires house?” She barely recalled the night the vampires had been outside Lydia's. What she did remember was horrifying. She smiled watching Sam. She remembered him mostly. Him and the way he made her mind fuzzy.
    He was already inside. She looked up the huge creepy castle. She walked in amazed. The foyer was the size of her main floor of her parent’s house. Sadness filled her as she thought about them. Were they out looking for her right now? Were they scared?
    Lorri told her that she was a danger to everyone now that her