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“You fucking robot cunt! You betrayed me and half the Coven and now you’re trying to ignite a war?!” Aurelia snapped and looked our way. Her eyes immediately landed on Willow’s unconscious body.
Her eyes went wild in worry, those orbs of gold bouncing between Willow and the car further behind us. “What did you do?!”
“What did I do?” The girl looked at her like she was a hindrance. “I took matters into my own hands. You’re wasting time fucking your boy toys and playing house after you pitifully lost the chair that should have gone to the Clementines. I’ve been assigned to make things right, and I’m about to,” she explained in a matter-of-fact tone of voice. “However, I’m done with you getting in my way.”
“You’re using MY name to do these deeds! You’re fucking up my world and yet you’re taking the credit by throwing me under the fucking bus?!” Aurelia screamed.
“That’s what’s called life, misfit.” She sighed dramatically and snapped her fingers - a black wand emerging in her grasp that immediately made the hairs on my arms rise.
“Guys! That’s a forbidden artifact!”Viktor warned in the pack bond, and I realized Milo moved Malika to Saint’s side before he was up and readying his hands to make a barrier.
I didn’t need to know the history to feel the oozing negativity it carried.
Aurelia’s eyes couldn’t get any wider as she realized what this woman, who seriously looked like an evil child, held in her possession.
“How did you get that?” Aurelia’s voice was barely audible.
“Finders keepers,” the girl responded, grinning. She now stood three steps from Aurelia. “I’m tired of you. Don’t you think you’ve done enough damage to the Clementine name?” she offered.
The other witches stood at attention, clearly promoting this behavior without a hint of remorse.
“There’s no way for you to reclaim the chair, nor is there a way for you to redeem yourself. So…what’s the point of your existence?” she pondered and tilted her head- a wide, sinister grin claiming her lips before she giggled maniacally. “I was given permission by the council to get rid of you, Aurelia.”
“W-What? You can’t-”
“You failed to eliminate Willow De Luca, who is a threat. You had multiple opportunities. And you were given one more chance. Seeing as you haven’t made a move, I guess I’ll make it for you,” she declared. “After you’re dead.”
She raised her hand upward. The magic that leaked into the air was so lethally tainted, I feared to be touched by such ancient energy.
“Aurelia!” Onyx snapped. “Run!”
But it was obvious that she wouldn’t be able to avoid the strike. We braced for the bolt of black, and the first thing we saw was a burst of blood.
I blinked in disbelief - and I felt the shock of the others – when the targeted limb flew in the air as the stream of blood shot upward like a fucking water fountain.
For a mere second, the moment of silence was deafening as we all caught onto the thump that came from the landing limb, which twitched oddly on the ground.
The scream that followed pierced my eardrums, but the sound was nothing compared to the whiplash of shock that hit us at the sight before us.
“MY HAND! MY HAND! AHH!! NO! MY HAND! WHAT HAPPENED TO MY HAND?!” the little girl was screaming manically, and I almost thought I was seeing things in this prime moment, but all I needed to do was turn my head just slightly to my left.
To confirm Willow wasn’t next to me on the ground.
We all watched in utter shock as William now stood before Aurelia, one hand casually up like he was holding an imaginary glass of wine while the other was dipped into his pocket.
The sight was empowering, but it was also scary as fuck because I knew with one look into that sinister expression that William was not in control.
And if William wasn’t in control, who was?
The girl scrambled to find her hand while the other witches immediately pointed their wands in William’s direction. I expected them to release a spell of some kind, but they suddenly began to choke, as if the air had become poisonous and was suffocating them.
In seconds, they were dropping like flies until all six of them were down for the count and taking their final struggling breaths.
“What?” the little girl gasped and glared back at William. “WHAT DID YOU DO?!”
William didn’t say a word. He just stared back at her like she wasn’t even worth his time.
“I’ll kill you,” she announced as she abandoned the idea of getting her hand and marched towards William. “You’re dead!”
