Devils Roses 05 - Death

she was pregnant. She was newly pregnant then. Dorian didn’t know but Henry could tell. They broke up before she ever told him she was pregnant. He said Dorian really liked my mom. Not love, but he really liked her a lot."
    I grab her hand and look for something in the black eyes.
    "You okay?" Giselle asks sweetly.
    Ari nods, "It made me feel better."
    Lorri snaps her finger. We all look.
    "Let's do this." She holds her hand in the air with three fingers. Two. One.
    I grab Giselle, Hanna and Ari and wink. We are standing on top of the roof of the castle. I see the guards roaming, "Them." I point to the men on the wall of the castle.
    I wink us again. We start the fight fast. Fists fly at me. A gunshot hits me in the gut. I wince and rip the souls fast. Blood sprays and splatters. Giselle is wooing and leading a group of them like the pied piper. I shake my head. As she walks them to me I flash my hands past and rip their souls out. Ari is doing the same by pinning the men to the stonewalls. Only Hanna is just ripping heads off and tossing bodies down below. Shots are fired at us. I pull an arrow out of my thigh. My black blood spills into my red boot. I see the archer. I wink behind him and rip his soul.
    Screams are everywhere. The shifter Fae are biting and gnashing. Lorri is biting throats out. Several of the shifters are hurt. I can't see if it's Ben and Lucas. Things like Shane are everywhere. He and Marcus fight like it's UFC.
    Aleks is with Sam. They're doing the ever annoying winky-flashy-fighting-thing that pisses everyone off.
    The Asian Roses are obvious. Beautiful Vampires and Nephilim. One girl makes a light with her hands and blinds a group of people, until one of the witches shoots lightning at her from a window. I feel the ground rumble beneath my feet. I wink into the window and rip the witch's soul, just as spikes shoot up from the ground. Lighting is striking everywhere. There is dust and chaos and blood in every direction. The last bit of daylight is gone and as if strengthened by it, the vampires and wolves start going savage. I see less and less. I snap my fingers making snaps of light.
    There is a flash of something. I duck against the wall and wait. Someone is in the hallway with me. I wink out to the roof again and then instantly back in. I grab and spin the person. Aleks plants a huge kiss on my lips, "Ass." I shove him. He flashes us again as light fills the dark hallway.
    "What was that?" I whisper from the corner where we hide.
    "The witches. We need to stop them. They'll help Lillith and Tristan." He grabs my face, "If one of us dies, god let it be me, we swear to not hurt ourselves. No sinking depressions and soul eating pain. Instead, we live with joy and happiness. Promise me it's what you'll do."
    I nod. I won't promise that. He'll hear the lie in my voice.
    "If I die I need you to know that I am there. The warm breeze will always be me. Holding you and loving you."
    He presses his lips into mine and I have a sinking feeling that he knows he's going to die. He flashes us back to the dark hallway.
    "Fucking Nephilim. They keep winking."
    I freeze. I know the voice.
    "Phillip." I mouth. Aleks nods. He flashes and comes back holding Phillip's in a headlock. Phillip is struggling. I look out the window and wink us to where Ari is holding some men against a wall.
    "Push him!" I shout.
    She pushes Phillip and knocks him out.
    Aleks drops him and winces. His arms are covered in dark spots.
    "What's that?"
    He shakes his head, "It's his thing. He can push darkness into you. To poison you."
    Ari grabs his arm, "I watched him do it to someone at the witch's village. It'll kill you."
    I roll my eyes, "That speech better not have been real, you son of a bitch."
    He laughs and shakes his head, "Nothing can kill me Aimes. Nothing but you."
    I see a man about to decapitate Shane. I wink and suck the man as Shane spins. He stabs his hand into the man's chest as the man dies.
    "I had him." He grins. His face is covered in blood, red and black.
    "Whatever."
    I wink to the group. Hanna is carrying the dead body of a man with her. I look harder. It's a guy they met at Rose's training.
    "Oh my god." I hear someone shout.
    Ben runs over and whines and nuzzles against Hanna. She lowers the dead man.
    Giselle looks shocked. I know the look. She slept with the dead guy. It's so obvious. She digs her hands into Ben's coat and rubs his fur. He rubs against her. I don’t really know the guy but I recognize