Devils Roses 04 - Witch

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    Sam put a hand out for her and before she could open her eyes from her blink, they were in Giselle's massive living room.
    Lorri stormed across the room gripping her shoulders with intensity, "What happened?"
    She shook her head, "Nothing. My brother came to see me. He seemed sad and alone. He wanted to talk to me. Alone." She didn’t want to tell any of them anything.
    Lorri gripped harder, "What did he say?"
    "He said that he needed my help and that you would explain what I was supposed to do."
    Lorri looked annoyed. She processed the information and let Ophelia go with a slight shove. She paced the huge room. Everyone sat in silence spread across the grand furniture.
    All eyes were on Lorri.
    Lydia spoke after a moment, "It's time to tell her what she must do Lorri."
    Lorri snarled and continued to pace.
    Ophelia looked around the room. Oliver watched her from the corner. His eyes never left her.
    Lorri walked to her and grabbed her arm.
    Cold wind swept around her and when she looked down her feet stood on rocks. The night sky was filled with stars. She turned to see Lorri sitting on a rock outcropping. The night air was warm and dry compared to where they had been in Portland.
    "Have a seat kid."
    She walked, trying not to look down the mountainside.
    "Where are we?"
    "Iran."
    Ophelia frowned, "This is random, even for you."
    "This is where it happened."
    "What happened?"
    "Where your mother lived, before we fell."
    Ophelia decide not to ask any more questions. She sat on the sharp crumbling stone hillside.
    "Below us here is the original Garden of Eden as you people have called it. It was the scared garden. God could speak to Adam and Lillith there. He taught them how to garden and how to grow food. He taught them how to build a hut. He tried to guide them with love and kindness."
    "So much for that."
    Lorri snorted, "You have no idea. Lillith was defiant and obstinate. Adam was, well, he was a man. He thought with his dick. He asked God for a companion. It was his only request. God told him his wife would show herself to him. He misunderstood. He came upon Lillith bathing in the lake. Anyway, the story takes a turn for the worse. Lillith erupted in rage, like any woman would. She drew the magic from the ground and the garden in and cursed him as he was inside of her. He got her pregnant. She had intended herself for the king of the elves. She wanted the magic and purity of their life. In an instant she was ruined. Adam impregnated her. When the King came she was pregnant. As her babies grew so did her sadness and pain. When she gave birth each of the children was already cursed. Not only with magic but also with vulnerability."
    Ophelia had no response. She couldn’t imagine such a lonely and painful existence.
    "When she took the magic, she stripped the garden of its natural magic. She took it into herself and made it something corrupted and polluted. She cursed the land and the garden. The Middle East has never recovered. The strife here is the direct result of the anger and pain she suffered. The land can never be at peace. Not while Lillith lives. She must die to remove her stain on the world."
    Ophelia felt her stomach twinge, "Die?" She turned her head to see the hardened look on Lorri's face.
    "Die. There is only one way to kill Lillith. All of her children have a piece of her power in them. Once they die their power is left behind. They are part of her stain on the earth. You have to kill your brother and convince your sisters to give you their power. Then you will be strong enough to kill her."
    Ophelia frowned, "You want me to kill my own mother after I kill my twin brother?"
    Lorri swallowed, "What I am asking of you is a sacrifice, obviously but no one is planning on letting this continue. Your father is planning the same thing, only in reverse. He intends to have your brother kill you and use the magic to strip your mother of her powers. Once she's stripped he can kill her but maintain her stain and darkness. He can use your brother so they can take over. Humans will become sheep."
    Ophelia shook her head, "This doesn’t even make any sense. So both my parents are evil?"
    Lorri shook her head, "No Lillith isn’t evil. She can't help what she has become anymore than you can. Magic was never meant to be inside of you people. The Garden was the magical birthplace of your mother and Adam and eventually Eve. The magic came from the earth. God didn’t create the earth. That's a whole other