It is the only time it has
ever been easy. The combination of earth witches, Constantine, technology, and
a Van Helsing has never been used before though.
When we find him, the
last devil reeks of destruction and evil. We chase him in an SUV. He doesn’t
realize we are the ones following him through the streets of Capetown . He’s in the backseat of a car that is driving around Capetown . The men in the front seat are firing on
crowds of people, with AK- 47's . When the car stops,
the devil stays behind, like he is sucking the evil from the car before he gets
out and walks down the alleyway.
Constantine wraps his
arm around me to mask the smell of me. We follow the devil until the crowd
thins. Then I sprint, jumping onto a barrel on the side of the road,
unsheathing my sword at the same moment my wings tear from my back. He doesn’t
even get a chance to turn as the sword separates his head from his body. He
crumples to the ground and becomes a pile of black feathers.
I turn to face Wyatt
and Constantine but a wind comes up the alley before I can get a word out. My
triumphant smile fades when I can't see past the dust blowing and mixing with
the feathers. My feet slide along the cement from the wind pulling me to the
funnel that has formed. I step back, trying to get out of the way as the
feathers suck up into the air where they're released and become black
raindrops.
My body is slammed
into the building next to me. Wyatt shakes his head, "We gotta go
now." I shudder from the pain and nausea, “We are getting handfasted
again. This is bad.”
He smiles and turns,
running down the alley. I jump, still holding his hand and lift us into the air
with my wings. They flap like a bird's would. I don’t know how I feel about
that, but as the black raindrops chase us, one lands on my wing. I wince as it
burns. We land at the car. We don’t talk, we get in and Tom drives, fast.
Stella, Mona, and Michelle are waiting for us on the jet; it's ready to go.
When we take off, I
watch from the window as dark clouds cover the city.
"This is
bad," Mona mutters.
I nod, "It
doesn’t seem to be working, me killing the devils." My eyes seek out
Constantine's. His face is stoic, but I can see the fears wandering about in
his eyes. He offers me a smile but I shake my head and from somewhere hear
Willow say the words, "We have made a big mistake, Nene." I don’t
even miss her calling me Nene. That is a bad sign.
We fly to Britain,
landing on a small airstrip outside of London. Constantine hurries to the car
waiting for us that he called for. Tom jumps in the driver's seat. We all get
in quickly. Tom speeds to the small castle that I recall the second we arrive.
My heart skips a beat for the first time in days and Ellie softly weeps inside
of my mind.
Stella looks at
Constantine with her blue daggers, "You invited the Van Helsings to our
home?"
Wyatt nods, "We
need to talk to them. They don’t stand a chance against Rayne now. The devils
are dead. None of this was the prophecy. They feel betrayed by God too."
Constantine keeps the
stoic look going, ignoring both Wyatt and his sister.
I look out the window
of the SUV as Tom parks the car.
Wyatt looks at the
rain, “We need to stay out of this rain. Everyone hurry.”
We all run inside. I
suddenly realize I have my sword in my hand and am face to face with Wyatt's
evil mother Gretel and his ex-fiancé Sarah, in the foyer of the large estate. I
don’t even recall pulling it.
Gretel laughs. I glare
at her.
She shakes her head,
"You think I can't hurt you, sin eater? You think I need the sin to weaken
you? I can kill you just fine the way you are."
I flex my back,
shooting my wings out of my back and ruining, yet again, another shirt. Her
eyes widen, "No. It's not possible."
I point my sword at
her, "Still feeling confident in your original statement?"
Her face is as pale as
my shimmering wings. Sarah stares at them in awe, "So pretty."
Gretel looks at Wyatt,
"What did you do