Devils Roses 04 - Witch

was against a cold stonewall. She was frozen.
    Tristan was taller than she assumed her would be. He towered over her and looked angry and frightening. Not the same as when they'd met in the forest. He was a different person.
    He sneered and leaned in, "You smell like sex Ophelia. It's hard to be around all these angels and Sirens."
    She turned her face away from his warm breath.
    She refused to look at him or Oliver.
    She didn’t see Lorri or Dorian. She wondered if they'd been apart of the plan from the beginning too?
    She felt her toes cramping up and she struggled to stay standing.
    Tristan hovered over her like a predator.
    She continued to look away from them. She felt her breath getting out of control. She started to heave slightly.
    "Wa-wa-wa-wa what's the baby going to do? Will she cry? Are you going to cry for daddy, love?"
    She looked at him.
    He laughed, "You didn’t think I was your brother did you?"
    She started to cry. He leaned in and licked her cheek.
    "Your tears taste like your mother's."
    His body pressed her into the rock wall.
    She looked exactly like Jonathan. She could see her own traits and features on his face.
    She looked at Oliver. He looked pained for a moment.
    She spat at him, "How could you? He killed your son."
    Her father laughed, "I never killed him. Oliver has him being, detained so to speak. It had to be believable. No one can resist young Samuel's mother. No one."
    Ophelia shook her head, "Why are you doing this? Where is Tristan?"
    He laughed, "You're brother is an idiot. You are my heir Ophelia." He glanced back at Oliver and smirked, "We just need to make sure you like my side better."
    "Where are my sisters and Lillith?"
    He laughed and turned and walked from the circular stone room. She shivered from the cold.
    Oliver watched her for a moment and then followed her father from the room.

Chapter Thirty-Six
    Sam

    "Just pull her along."
    Hanna looked nervous, "Sam I don’t feel comfortable."
    He clenched his jaw and leaned in looking down on her, "I'm not leaving without her."
    Hanna's skin rippled, "Don't be a shit. I just don't want her to feel like we forced something on her. She said she loves him."
    His eyes flashed at his mother's unconscious body. He felt bad for knocking her out but he had no choice. She was compelled by Jonathan.
    He felt his phone vibrate. He pulled it from his pocket to find a picture of a room from Aimee. He grabbed Hanna and his mom's hand and flashed them into the room.
    Aimee had her back to a wall and was appearing around a corner.
    "They're in there."
    She looked at his mom, "Is she hurt?"
    Hanna rolled her eyes, "She wasn’t until Sam knocked her out." She glanced at Sam and gulped, "She wanted to stay. She loves Jonathan."
    Aimee grimaced.
    Giselle made a sickened face, "Eww I heard he looks a lot like Ophelia."
    Aimee's head snapped around, "I've had enough of the return of shitty Giselle. Stop."
    Giselle put her hands up, "Whatevs Aimes. Can we just kill Blake and get Alise."
    Aimee looked at Lydia. Sam noticed the vacant stare in her eyes.
    "Lydia?"
    She looked at him in a panic, "Sam they have Ophelia. Her magic just went out. They're going to be here any minute."
    Sam felt his stomach sink. He still felt the bond to her. She wasn’t dead.
    Aimee's nostrils flared, "Fuck this shit." She kicked the door open to the lab.
    Sam looked at Hanna, "Don’t lose her."
    Hanna smiled at him sarcastically, "Fuck off Sam."
    He grabbed her face and kissed her hard. He let go and flashed into the room behind Aimee. A man fired a gun, which normally they wouldn’t have bothered avoiding but with the hellfire being a possibility it changed their reactions to bullets.
    Aimee leapt across the room and flashed Ari behind the man with the gun.
    The lab was huge. Sam felt lost for a half a second. He saw a pasty angry looking guy hunched over a microscope with headphones on. He would bet his money it was Blake.
    He watched as Brandon and Lucas phased mid air and began attacking the other men and women in lab coats. Ari didn’t use her gift. They all appeared human. Sam looked back at the door, he had a bad feeling.
    Lydia was standing with Hanna above his mother who was laid on the floor.
    She made eye contact with him, "Minutes."
    He looked back at Aimee who was holding the dark haired guy in the air.
    "Just fucking tell me where she is."
    Sam looked at the way the incredibly tall guy didn’t react.
    He looked at Giselle draining the blood from a