Hallow's: Witch's Brew

Nineteen

The Plot In You- Troll

As I read through the assignment, I already know how angry my family is going to be. Celestia is to be stripped of her rank and magic from the entire Coven ancestry the same way I was when I was convicted. Zuri's credentials will be taken into question and the twins will be sent back here to be questioned by Ahsan and his men. This is going to be a scandal. FML. 

TDS-66 is just the middleman who will bring physical proof and confessions that will ultimately end or bind The Eye of The Storm to the Fringe Witch's Union. I sit back and come to terms with the realization of what I've done. This officially makes me a traitor if I hadn't been one before. 

"You can't do this," Noah comes up to my loft. Violet climbs out of the mech and excuses herself. Here we fucking go again. 

"If I try to do it alone, I will be spitting in the faces of the Supernatural Government Front. This is the only way I can restore the balance of the Coven and the town. I'm not stupid enough to take on the entire realm. That's Belladonna Blackstone's thing," 

"They will kill anyone who doesn't submit. I don't know about you, Gastly but none of these women will bend the knee to the Fringe. Do you realize what you have done?" he shouts.

"Yes," I answer standing up to meet his anger. "You asked me for help and I am providing it," 

"You've killed everyone here," he steps up to me, the anger in his eyes is magnificent. 

"I'm not going to stop, Noah. They forgot about me a long time ago. They turned their backs on me and they called me a traitor for a serial rapist and murderer. So, don't expect me to feel pity for what comes after this. Are you forgetting they showed no mercy to you, your daughter, or Natalia," 

"You can't do this, Gaz. I know they hurt you, but they're our family. These people raised us," he puts his hands on my arms.

His eyes are filled with anger but they're also pleading. I hate how pretty he is. It's always been so easy to just fall into his whole gimmick. He's so dramatic it's Oscar-worthy. The cute part is that he's really like this. He really thinks he's a good person. 

"Begging is a rather good look on you, Noah," I cup his face. "You've done it before. Just before I left. Do you remember that? When you asked me to release you from the bind," 

"You told me I'd be nothing without it," he drops his hands. 

"That statement is more true than it was when we were seventeen, Noah. These people wouldn't have let you stay had I not told them who you are to me. They would have sent you back to the monastery where you probably would have been killed by their priests, and burned at the stake for being a demon. 

"I'm sorry, Noah. The same is going to go for you. You fall in line with me or you go to the reaper. There is an application in the paperwork for you. I suggest you sign it. It might seem unfair and heartless to you, but I'm doing them a kindness," 

"How is taking everything from them a kindness?" he asks. 

"They face me or they face the reaper. Merciful Death will take all that is suffering and swallow it whole. I belong to her now. My suffering will be hers. She accepted me when the same people you're defending betrayed me. They kept me from the storm for years. 

"They left us for dead, Noah, and took everything with them. I'd like to remind you that I am not your enemy and I never have been. The witches of the storm deserve to know what Marianne has done. Do whatever you want. I've made my choice and I'm not going back. Just don't get in our way," 

"Gaz," he takes a step back. "You're going to have to live with this the rest of your life. There are elders and witchlings. You will never have the support of the witches here ever again,"