Devils Roses 04 - Witch

almost identical to Ophelia. Instantly he knew it was her father.
    He smiled and held his hands out, "Roses. It's wonderful to meet you all. Sorry for being such a poor host. I'm sure you understand the time constraints placed upon me, what with Ophelia and Tristan turning eighteen and all."
    Aimee stepped forward, "Look you want me to stay. I want them all to go free. Cut the shit and niceties."
    He nodded, "I like your style Aimee. It's a shame we have to kill you."
    He pulled a gun from behind his back and raised and fired it before Sam could register what was happening.
    Sam screamed, "No." He flashed at Aimee. She stumbled forward in the snow. Blake screamed but Ari held him tight. Sam held her arm.
    Her sister screamed and pulled from Oliver's hands. He held her tight to his side.
    Sam looked down at the snow. Black blood dripped onto the white snow. He rolled her on her back revealing something he never thought he would see. Aimee's skin was singed where the bullet made a huge hole.
    She cried out from the fiery wound spreading up her pale stomach.
    "You see Aimee, Dorian made you for one reason. Each of us makes something different. I create vampires. Not cursed ones like Marcus but real ones. We don’t know what Lorri creates, she has a rule about not making things. Oliver here creates succubus and incubus, emotional vampires if you will. Sam, your dad made what the natives called a Wendigo. Very horrid creature. He only made a few. Terrible plague on the earth. He refused to make any more. But Dorian makes something very special. He makes the cure. He made the one that took Anthony." Jonathan smirked and pointed to the sky, "He needed a backup plan, incase we decided to have fun instead of be Lorri's lapdogs. Dorian makes the backup plan. You are it my dear and I can't run the risk of you ruining any of my plans."
    She leaned forward as the bullet wound spread. Ash fell to the ground where she leaned. She cried out.
    Sam gripped her. He rocked her. Her fingers bit into him. Screams filled the courtyard. He blocked it all out.
    She began to tremble.
    Sam looked back at Ari and nodded. Her black eyes sparkled as she pushed the screaming Blake. The air sparkled around him.
    Dorian was behind her in a flash, "Ahhh yes, Jonathan you have yet to meet my daughter."
    Jonathan's mouth dropped. He looked back at Oliver with daggers.
    Sam watched the show as everything around them froze for a second.
    Blake was pacing around his house. Aimee lay on a bed sleeping. Blake was talking and pacing. Shane stood in front of him with his arms crossed. Shane shook his head. He looked angry. Suddenly Blake was standing in a room talking to Aimee. She looked devastated. She ran from the house.
    Everything sparkled around them and suddenly Aimee was asleep on the bed again. He paced watching her. He looked upset but instead of leaving he went to his computer. He sat there looking exhausted. When she woke up she went to his side. He showed her websites and chats. Everything around them started to change. Jonathan screamed and leaped at Aimee but everything went black.

Chapter Thirty-Seven
    Ophelia

    She stood in the kitchen at Lydia's holding a glass of water. She looked at Ari who shivered and sat down.
    Ophelia looked at the glass in her hand. She remembered pouring herself the glass of water just as she remembered being tied up in her father's cell.
    "What was that?"
    Lydia stormed in, "That was Ari at her best."
    A tall handsome man walked into the kitchen, "Lydia where is she? I've had it."
    Lydia and Ari both jumped up and ran at the huge man.
    "Oh my god Aleks. Oh my god."
    Aimee flashed into the kitchen and jumped at him. Ophelia felt lost. She knew a guy named Aleks had died. Old memories that still sat in her mind, but felt distant, had his death in them. Slowly memories of him at her window instead of Sam started to creep in her mind.
    She watched them cry. Aimee gripped him and kissed his cheek repeatedly.
    His face was flushed and confused.
    "I'm tired of the head games Aimee. Just tell me what the hell is going on with you guys?"
    She shook her head, "I love you. I love you."
    A slow grin crept over his face, "So you want to be with me?"
    "Aleks what do you remember?"
    He frowned at Lydia, "From when?"
    Lydia looked at Ari, her mouth agape, "Oh no."
    Ari took a second and then she looked the same. Aimee dropped to her knees.
    Lucas ran inside, his face was soaked. Tears poured from his eyes. The memories sank in