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to her? Why would you help her this way? How did she
become an angel? The world is falling apart and you are to blame for betraying
us and helping her."
    I can almost feel his
anger in the room. His body is completely tight and his voice is eerily soft
when he speaks. "Want to tell me about my father, Mother?" He says
her name like it is poisonous to his tongue.
    Her lips tighten.
    He laughs bitterly. I
can almost feel the wounds inside of him. "I think not. Don’t you dare
tell me any of this is mine or hers . This one is you,
you and all the old ones. You people are disturbing. The length you have gone
to live by the oaths we swore, and yet, you are nothing but a hypocrite."
    She looks defeated.
The mention of his father has pulled away her anger and made her small and weak
looking. The others inside of me scoff at that notion and remind me not to be
fooled by it. I still watch her, but lower my sword, pulling my wings back in,
using the mental distraction and relaxation Wyatt taught me. I just wish he
could touch me or kiss me without it burning and making me nauseated. I have a
longing to soothe him; it’s odd since I don’t seem to feel anything else.
    Stella walks in front
of me, looking down on Gretel and Sarah. They both grow wide-eyed. Gretel tries
to mask her fear of Stella with a smug smile, "How have you been?"
    Stella nods,
"Excellent. Seeing the sin eater destroy everything you have banked on has
been delightful."
    Gretel swallows hard.
Constantine pushes his way between us all, "Ladies, ladies. Please. You
are all welcome guests. We have matters far more important than this to attend
to."
    Gretel gives me a
sneer. God, I want to feel my hate for her. I know it's in there. She drives me
insane. Sarah can't stop looking at Wyatt and then me. Her eyes dart back and
forth.
    Wyatt steps in front
of me completely, "We have something bigger than
any war between our kinds. The black rains came, Mother."
    Her eyes grow pained
and shocked simultaneously as words leave her lips softly, "Then the Red
Horse is also upon us."

 
 

The Red Horse

 
    “When the Lamb opened the
second seal, I heard the second living creature say, "Come and see!"
Then another horse came out, a fiery red one. Its rider was given power to take
peace from the earth and to make men slay each other. To him was given a large
sword.”
    Revelations.

 
 

One

 
    The
fire is lit and we are huddled around it for heat. The castle is drafty, just
as I recall it being. Maria won't stop hugging me, and crying. Regardless of
being a vampire's servitor, she is very Catholic. Her desperation and despair
at the loss of her religion weighs heavily on her. I wish I had a way of
helping her, but I have nothing.
    "You
have wings now, Miss Ellie. You are the hand of God. You must give me last
rights, in case I die. I cannot go to hell for being a servitor."
    I
kiss her forehead and hug her, "I don’t even know what the words are. I'm
not Catholic."
    She
cries and shakes her head until Constantine comes to her. He tilts her face, so
her eyes meet his, "You will not be afraid of the events that are taking
place. You will be loyal and strong."
    Maria
releases me. She smiles, "Would anyone like tea?"
    I
frown but Michelle nods, "Can I have some liquor in mine?"
    Wyatt
nods, "Me too."
    Mona
raises a hand from the sofa, "Here as well."
    I
roll my eyes and look at Gretel, "I need you to explain it one more
time."
    She
sighs, pacing in front of the massive hearth, "The four horsemen of the
apocalypse have long been believed to be a lie. A rumor. A myth. Recent events
have obviously proven that wrong. The first rider is conquest and strife.
According to legend, he looks exactly as the witness claimed him to be in
Jerusalem. Riding a white horse, wearing a crown and carrying a bow. The second
rider brings war. Where the first caused nations to segregate themselves, the next
horse brings war, nations against each other. The red horse is the destruction
of