Devils Roses 04 - Witch

Lorri.
    Lorri turned and pointed, "They had Jon too. For fucking fuck." She raged around the yard.
    Aleks stepped forward, "What? My dad? Who had him?"
    Lorri looked savagely at him, "The wolves."
    Ben frowned, "Us?"
    Lucas looked back, "The guys back home were tracing him for us."
    Aleks's eyes flamed, "How? How did they do it? Where was he?"
    Ophelia spoke quietly, "Me."
    Aleks started to laugh bitterly, "Oh I should have known. Of course. When Lorri and I got to your house that first night to get you his scent was everywhere. If we'd thought to call the pack they would have been able to trace him." His eyes hardened as he looked at Lorri, "If the Roses business hadn’t been more important, as usual, I could have had him."
    Lorri pointed at him, "Don’t you start with me right now Aleks. I swear to god I will rip your fucking head off. In the other version of this fiasco the wolves were there because of Sam. He thought of the wolves. He brought them."
    Ophelia remembered being in the cell and looked at Lorri, "He still has my sister."
    Lorri covered her eyes with her hands, "Oh sweet Jesus save me from this moment." She looked at Ophelia with rage on her face, "I am not going to talk to you about saving a human right now. Sam was everything. He was the thing that made us win. It wasn’t you. Look in the scrying dish you haven’t stolen from Annabelle yet." She was gone as the lightning struck the ground where she stood.
    Aimee sighed. Lydia rubbed her back, "I know honey. It's been so long since they died that the pain is old and it won’t let me hurt as much as I want to."
    Dorian flashed into the yard, he grabbed Ari and pulled her in. She started to cry all over again.
    "Dad."
    He rubbed her back, "I know."
    He looked up at Aleks and smiled, "Good to see you brother."
    Aleks frowned at him, "You look weird."
    Dorian pulled Ari back and looked at her, "Is this what it's like every time?"
    She sobbed and nodded.
    Lucas joined the hug, "I can't imagine living through this more than once." He kissed Ari's head.
    Ophelia felt totally out of the loop. She glanced at Hanna who was silently crying.
    "What can we do?"
    Hanna shrugged, "Move on. Once they're gone, that’s it. There is no bringing them back." Her eyes hardened.
    Ophelia went inside, she noticed she felt more at home in the house than she ever had. She had never stayed at the castle. She had always been there. Through thick and thin, she had spent her time learning. There was no vampire war in the yard or drama with Sam.
    She felt Ben wrap his arms around her, it felt less strange to be around him.
    She turned and looked up into his handsome face.
    He brushed his lips against hers softly. His shaggy brown hair and emerald green eyes reminded her of Lucas. He was more handsome. He wrapped himself around her.
    "I'll keep you safe O."
    She felt her body relax into his. His touch wasn't just familiar, it was wanted.
    She felt something cold and opened her eyes.
    Annabelle floated to her, "I was just lookin in on your momma. Your sisters have been taken. He's gonna give the gift to your brother tonight."
    Ophelia shook her head, "No it's a trap. He must know about the snow globe."
    Ben looked down on her, "You psychic now?"
    She smiled, "No." The smile felt wrong. "We went there in the other way things were. Oliver betrayed us and my dad was my brother."
    He raised an eyebrow.
    She laughed, "It's complicated."
    Lydia came in through the hole and looked at Annabelle. Annabelle put her hands on her hips, "What in Sam hell is that?"
    Lydia's face crumpled.
    Ophelia started to feel sick again. She hugged her stomach, "I'm going to bed." She walked to the stairs. Ben scooped her up and carried her to her room.

Chapter Thirty-Eight
    Ophelia

    A knock at the door woke her up. She went to roll out of the bed but Ben's huge arm was across her. She felt funny about him sleeping in her bed. She picked through her old memories. He hadn’t done it before. She walked to the door and opened it a crack. Aimee smiled at her, "Want to help me?"
    She rubbed her eyes, "Dude it's still dark."
    Aimee nodded, "I have a problem. I need a favor from Hanna and she won't help me. She doesn’t like me."
    Ophelia laughed, "You and Ari are kind of bitchy to her. Yeah just let me get some pants on."
    She pulled on jeans from the floor and stalked out of the room. They walked to Hanna's room. Ophelia opened the door. Hanna was asleep in a ball with tissues everywhere.
    Ophelia looked