Devils Roses 04 - Witch

fault. Aimee was dying. I would have done the same thing."
    Ari looked at her and smiled, "Thank you."
    "Hanna told me that this has happened to you lots, the change thing."
    Ari sighed, "Yeah."
    "How did you deal with the old memories and feelings?"
    Ari shrugged and drank from the mug in front of her, "Still haven’t."
    Her dark eyes filled with sadness, "I killed every one of those little kids. Sarah, Dawn, Danny. Their faces float in my mind. Sam was like a brother to me. He and Lucas were brothers. Lucas cries every day. He can't even be grateful that his real brother is alive because his heart is broken."
    Ophelia felt like her heart was on fire. She wrapped her arms around herself, "I'm sorry Ari. I'm sorry for it all. My family is the cause of it all."
    Ari shook her head, "Ophelia my dad is nightmare. He's my nightmare but somehow he has a way of screwing with everyone's lives. It's insane. Lorri is no treat. I've known her now for a while, just found out she likes chicks. Totally thought she was straight. She doesn’t let any of us in. She's all about the plan you know? Lydia is so busy worrying about everything that she misses a lot of things." She puts her arms out, "One day this will be ours to run and you know what, we'll be no different from them. We'll think it's for the greater good or see the bigger picture and forget about the small details. They have too much at stake."
    Ophelia sighed, "We need the next Nephilim to be able to freeze time so we can take a year and live in Barbados."
    Ari pointed at her, "Now that’s the spirit. Make it a witch wish and make it happen."
    Ophelia laughed.
    Lydia walked into the kitchen and smiled, "Good to see you girls coming around."
    Ari shook her head, "It just gets easier to live in constant disappointment."
    Lydia sat down at the table with a coconut cream pie and three spoons. She passed them out, "Yes I suppose. I think also that Sam would have wanted us to be happy. He would want us to make sure Hanna finds happiness."
    Ophelia scooped a massive spoonful of pie, "He would want us to kill my father and Daniel." She shoved the sweet pie in her mouth and moaned.
    Ari nodded, "Cheers to that." She clinked her spoon against Lydia's and Ophelia's and shoved it in the pie. She put a massive bite in her mouth. Her eyes softened, "Oh my god." She spoke with a full mouth.
    Lydia laughed, "It is an old family recipe of Annabelle's mom."
    Ophelia looked at Lydia and wondered if she was full of regrets. She married a regular man, she tried to have a baby, and she tried to seek out a normal life. It all ended when her best friend sacrificed her life for her and made the guards. Her baby died because of the darkness that was in her from trying casting dark magic. She shoved her spoon in the pie and took a bite.
    "Look at you greedy women eating that pie I made for everyone. Shame on you all." Annabelle laughed floating in the kitchen. She looked at Ophelia with her creepy ghost eyes, "Now that Mr. Oliver be in the street calling for you. He been there about an hour and he be getting on my last nerve."
    Ophelia glanced at Ari who smirked, "Yikes. That’s a bad situation."
    Lydia shook her head, "No you stay in the house. He's trouble. I think we all learned that the hard way."
    She took a bite of pie and looked at Annabelle who crossed her arms, "You all can't hear him but I can. Now somebody best be getting rid of him."
    Ophelia stood licking her spoon, "Don’t eat it all. I'll be back in a minute."
    Lydia smiled, "Fine but you hurry. We need to talk about a certain ring of fire in the hospital parking lot when you get back."
    She grimaced and turned and walked out of the kitchen that suddenly seemed cozy again. With so few people it felt half its size.
    She walked through the front door and the porch door, trying to control the anger that was building.
    He was over where the vampire war had been, back when the world made sense.
    "I need to talk to you."
    She watched his face. He seemed genuinely upset.
    "Why?"
    "Because I want to explain."
    She shook her head and walked down on the steps, "Why did you do it?"
    He threw his hands up in the air, "You asked me to, you insufferable girl."
    She cocked her head, "I never asked you to do it quite so, vigorously."
    He laughed, "Jesus save me. Look Ophelia that’s how it's done."
    She snapped, "I'M PRETTY SURE YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO COMPLETELY CHEW ON HER FACE!"
    He crossed his arms and paced in front of the guard, "Don't