Devils Roses 05 - Death

stand up and take his chubby hand in mine. The service is over. I wink him to Dr. Jekyll's house.
    "This is a good place for you. You'll be safe and you're nerdy enough that Blake and the doc can use your help."
    We walk into the house. Roland was at the funeral. I know he isn't home yet.
    He doesn’t say anything. He clings to me, frightened of Hanna no doubt.
    She walks up. She isn't smiling but I can feel the instant dislike for her. "Hi Aimee." Her words are mechanical.
    "Hey. Do you know Danny?"
    She shakes her head. She doesn’t really know any of us.
    Her face lights up when she looks past me. I turn to see the grinning face of Sam, he can't even fight it. He has Roland with him. Roland looks less than impressed to see me. He blames me still.
    "Roland." I say.
    "Miss James." His words are curt and short.
    Sam stumbles through his words, "H-hi. Uhm I-I'm Sam."
    Hanna grins and I can smell her polluting the air worse than before. It's like being in a field of flowers you're allergic to. I drag Danny through it. He's grinning at Hanna too. I tug, "No." I mutter.
    He smiles, "She still smells pretty."
    I roll my eyes and knock on the door to the office.
    "Come in Aimee."
    I open the closed door with a quizzical look on my face.
    Blake grins, "We knew it was you. Those boots you wear." He looks back at the doctor, "She really was a normal nerd once. But like the saying goes, 'Be yourself. Unless you can be Wonder Woman.' And there she is. In the flesh and blood only with black boots."
    I scowl. Blake doesn’t understand the last couple days. The doctor barely does.
    "This is Danny. He can help."
    I look down at Danny, "Just like Lydia's. No going outside, no leaving the house period. Blake plays WOW too. I'll be back to check on you." He rolls his eyes.
    "K mom."
    Blake laughs. The doctor lifts an eyebrow and smirks.
    "Take care of him. He's Nephilim." I wink out of the house with my own grin. I didn’t need to see the horrified look on the Jekyll's face to know it was there.
    I stand outside the house and look up. I bite my lip and walk through the front door.
    "GET OUT!" He screams as I cross the threshold.
    "No. Stop being a bitch and get me something to drink."
    He turns away from me and storms down the hallway. I wink to his lab.
    He opens the door and bursts into a fit of laughter. He leans against the frame, "I should have known-oh-that's-funny."
    I smile back, "You let me in. I can wink."
    He laughs and turns away from the room. "You are such a bitch Aimee."
    I walk after him, "You let me in there. You turned Shane into a crazy psycho. You forced yourself on Hanna, using her weird Siren juju. You Killed Dorian."
    He turns sharply and puts a dirty finger in my face. I notice suddenly how disheveled and desperate he looks, "You did that. You killed him. He never loved a single person, until you." His smile is sick and satisfied.
    I lean into his face, "You betrayed us. You got O murdered and let them take Ari. I want to know where she is. NOW!"
    He laughs in my face and lowers his hand. "You think I know where she is? You think Jonathan trusts me? I betrayed Lorri. Jonathan isn’t so dumb as to trust me."
    I grab his collar. He snarls his fangs at me. I laugh, "Go ahead. Take a long drink."
    He trembles with anger and hatred, "I can't. Even if you didn’t kill me with one drink, I can't."
    Tears fill his eyes. He pulls away and is gone.
    "That was weird." I mutter.
    "Not so weird."
    I spin to find Aleks behind me.
    I can't help but smile at the nice surprise, "How are you here? How did you know I was here?"
    He shakes his head, "I didn’t. I came to check on him."
    "Why?"
    "Because he was my friend for a long time and he is heartbroken and destroyed. And even though he is evil and rotten, I can't change the fact he helped me kill my father and make things right in my world."
    "You're a very honorable person."
    He laughs, "No, I'm not. I just believe in an eye for an eye. Marcus has been punished. You cannot know how bad it is for him now."
    I put my hands on my hips, "So, he lost Hanna. Big whoop. Now he has a heart and can feel. He doesn’t need her."
    Aleks crosses his arms, "That’s not the whole story Aimes. Henry cursed the heart he put in Marcus's chest."
    "Lydia's heart."
    He nods, "Yes. He put a curse on it that is similar to one I had. He feels everything that his victims feel or have felt. His pain over the past couple days has been brutal. He has felt the terror and pain and