Devils Roses 05 - Death

the rooftop. There is a full garden up here.
    "Wow. I wanna be rich one day."
    Lorri sighs and walks to the door. She holds up her hands. Three. Two. One. She opens the door. I wink ahead and scan the bedroom at the bottom of the long narrow stairs. A man is in there sleeping with a rifle next to him. I suck him hard and fast. His red blood sprays the wall behind him.
    I turn to see Aleks snapping the neck of the man who was shaving at the sink in the next room . Ben creeps ahead of us. I'm ready to wink and grab him and take him back to the rooftop. I can't do his death again.
    He leaps into a doorway and snarls. A muffled scream breaks out. He comes back with black blood spread across his muzzle. He nods his wolf head at me. I roll my eyes.
    Lorri and Giselle are ahead of us. A woman jumps at Lorri. Light flashes from her hands. Lorri is shot back but winks back behind the girl. She rips her head right off. I gag a bit. Giselle covers her mouth.
    The body slumps to the floor. Lorri tosses the head into the room and winks in after it. She comes out licking her fingers, "This floor is nothing but a barrack?" She whispers. "I don’t think they're here."
    I shake my head, "I know. Remember the house where Ben and Aleks died. I'm scared it’s the same idea. Let me wink through and see what it all is."
    Lorri nods, "Back in two."
    "Two."
    I wink down the stairs to the stair I can see. I peek my head out and glance down the hall. I wink to the far end of one hallway. I rapidly wink to each door. My winking eye starts to tire, but I see nothing. On the other side of the stairs there's a huge living room and a fancy office. I wink so fast the people sitting or talking don’t see me. I wink back to the stairs. A man is coming up them. He opens his mouth. I grab him and wink to Port Mackenzie. I snap his neck and leave him on dead on the ground at the secret beach. I wink back to France. I end up at the bottom of the stairs to the basement. I smell it there. Something familiar.
    Angels.
    I look past the creamy white wall to see Jonathan speaking to a group of men, "They're contained on the third floor. Detonate in two minutes." He turns to a lady and nods, "You need to stay here and make certain it goes off. Shield yourself and these guys. I'm going to get the other guys out."
    He is gone. I wink to the woman and wink away. It's done in a flash. I'm at Marcus's house holding the savagely fighting witch by the throat. "MARCUS!" I scream.
    The woman blasts me with lightning. It stings and burns. Marcus is there, tackling her to the ground. His fangs drop.
    "NO!" I scream again. She grins at him. He stops himself but she flings him to the wall.
    I wink her to his lab. I toss her and wink back out again.
    He points at me down the hall, "Did you just put a bad witch in my lab?" His accent is thick. Cockney almost.
    I take a deep breath. He snarls, "Aimee, I'm going to kill you." I wink to the third floor of the house in France and send a text to Sam at the same time as I shout, "LILACS! WINK TO THE LILACS!"
    Lorri grabs Ben and Giselle. Aleks and I are flashed as I press send. The smell of the lilacs is everywhere. I sigh, when I see everyone else just behind us, until I hear a scream blast across the extensive grounds of the mansion.
    "AIMEE, YOU MEDDLING LITTLE BITCH! WHERE ARE YOU? I KNOW YOU'RE HERE!" Jonathan storms across the garden. He screams and grabs a man next to him. He sinks his fangs into the man's neck and bites savagely.
    He points in our direction, "You are dead." The house blows behind him. We all flinch and duck, as pieces of the mansion are scattered everywhere.
    "I know it was you. You little bitch." He is snarling and snorting. He stomps closer. Lorri stalks out, almost sauntering. She is laughing.
    He puts a hand out to her, "Just join me. Just join me and end this. Can't you see he doesn’t give a shit? He never did. HE DOESN’T CARE ABOUT YOU OR ME OR ANY OF THEM!" Red spit flies from his mouth with every word.
    She just crosses her arms and watches him spazz like a drama queen.
    "Lorri don't do this. Don't force my hand."
    I walk out of the lilacs and grin at him, "How did you know it was me?"
    His blood stained lip lifts, "I could smell you everywhere. You little bitch. Where did she go?"
    I laugh, "Somewhere only I've been. No one else knows what it looks like inside and it's so protected you can't get out without some kind of CIA assistance. Even then I'm not convinced she'll get out."
    He laughs,