Devils Roses 05 - Death

else."
    She looks at me and shakes her head, "I need to be alone Aimes."
    I put my hands on her belly, "I made Dorian a promise I have to keep."
    Her black eyes grow wide. I suck before she has the chance to stop me. I suck hard and fast. She pushes at the same time and knocks me out.
    I wake to the sobs of Ari and the consoling voice of Lucas. I don’t open my eyes. I know she is going to hate me. I just listen to the heartbreak in her cries. I deserve to hear ever second of it. I clutch my feather.
    Lucas tries to reason with her, "Baby. Aimes is your best friend in the whole world. She's the sister you never had. Christ she's the sister I never had. She would never hurt you on purpose, never. If she swore to keep you safe and alive to your da...Dorian, she just kept that promise. We don’t know what the baby could do to you. We don’t know what happens when Fae have a baby with Nephilim. I'm not willing to risk it."
    "B-b-but I'm immortal." She sniffs.
    "So was my aunt. My cousin lived and my aunt didn’t. There is something not right in the soul of a baby that never came from god."
    She cries into him. His shirt muffles it. I open my eyes and look at them both. I wink and end up in Sam's room. He isn’t there. The bathroom light is on. I tap the wooden door, making it swing open slowly. In case he's in there.
    He isn’t but, I take a step back. My hand comes up to my mouth. He's there suddenly. I see him and then I don’t and then I do. He's holding a towel in front of himself. I point to the bathroom, missing his nakedness. Well trying to miss it. I shake my head, "Someone has been murdered in there."
    He pauses and moans his answer, "Welllllll, no. Uhm. Me and Hanna…"
    "Oh god, stop. I don’t want to know. That’s a lot of blood. I just wanted to talk. I'll come back." I wink. My heart does the controlling.
    I look out over the Nærøyfjord and sigh. Sam is there within seconds.
    "We tried having no bracelet sex. It wasn’t like some filthy weird kinky thing. It was just rough."
    I look back at him and scowl, "What makes you think I want to know that, firstly. And secondly, dude, I chose this place to be alone."
    I look over and see Aleks strolling up to us, looking confused.
    Sam laughs. I sigh.
    "I saw Luke."
    I look at Aleks but I can’t say anything. Nothing wants to come out. My heart is broken and having one of his lectures isn’t going improve things for me.
    "She is pissed but she'll come around."
    Sam sits beside me, "What's happening?"
    "Aimee took the baby out of Ari."
    Sam's nose scrunches up, "Oh wow. How? Where?"
    Aleks pauses with a confused look on his brow, "Well. I guess. She did the suck thing and she ate it."
    Sam gags.
    I gasp and swat Aleks, who is hysterically laughing. He is never as easy going as he is being.
    "I hate you guys." I laugh too. I don’t even know why we're laughing. It's sick and gross. "I never ate it. It was like a spirit abortion."
    Sam puts a hand out, "Stop. I'm sorry I told you about the bracelet sex. I give, please. Stop."
    I laugh again.
    "She'll pass the baby. Calm down. You know you saved her from whatever little monster Lucas put in there." Aleks says through the tears rolling down his cheeks. He's officially lost his mind.
    Sam punches Aleks in the arm. Aleks is still laughing.
    "You're both sick." I shake my head in disgust.
    They laugh harder.
    I frown, "She hates me. I got Dorian killed and killed her baby and you two assholes are laughing. Why are you laughing?"
    Sam shakes he laughs so hard, "Aimes. Babe. Come on. It's crazy. Think about what you're saying. You sound nuts."
    I pout and wink back to Marcus's. Ben is in my room. I frown, "What's going on?"
    "Giselle. She isn't into me at all. Like being serious and shit." He sulks and sighs. I pull his huge body into mine and hug him.
    I feel weird about bringing it up but it's better to clear the air. "Aleks told me what happened."
    He shakes his head, "She thought he was coming in to join in. She actually thought we were going to have a three way." I cringe.
    "I got mad and we never finished. I just left. I was so pissed." He pulls back and grins, "You wanna help me out?"
    I snort and shove him, "No. Wanna cuddle?"
    "Spoon?" His grin makes me almost say yes.
    I shove him again, "No."
    He shrugs, "I gotta try."
    We climb on my bed and he wraps his arms around me. I look up at the ceiling, "Did you talk to Luke?"
    He nods, "Yup. He's so relieved. Ari's sick still but she's coming around. The