Her Game

Chapter Thirty One

"You had fun I notice." Jeremiah smirks at me as he signals to the obvious marks on my neck. "Is your new nogitsune boyfriend coming tonight?"

"I didn't tell him, believe it or not I forgot." My hands glow red and my coat flies onto the couch, as several jars full of herbs fly onto the table. "A coven of witches all gathered in one place, supposedly for a simple moon ritual."

"Now that's some bullshit." Jeremiah snorted and I smirked as I went into my room, quickly getting changed into a more suitable outfit. 

I leave my room after about five minutes, Jeramiah already dressed and waiting for me. Grabbing the herbs, I put them in a hidden bag and we leave the apartment. 

"What's Void doing?" My new found siphon friend asks as he starts up the car, speeding towards the ritual site. 

"Killing a werewolf for us, then Stiles is going to come back and meet us."

It only takes a few minutes for us to get there and I cast a silencing spell on the two of us as well as the car. We both walk over to the sound of chanting witches and Jeremiah heads into the warehouse ahead of me.

"Evening ladies, all here for the moon ritual?" I can hear the stupid smirk in his voice and I can't help but snigger. 

"Esther's abomination, what are you doing here?" I assuming that's the coven leader, a bit snarky aren't they?

"I brought a present." 

I walk in and wave, a smirk on my face.

"Surprise bitches. Now we're going to play a game." I look around the room and I count the witches. "There's 24 of you, for each time you give me an answer I don't like, I torture one of you."

"You don't have power here." The coven leader spits angrily at me and I tilt my head in mock confusion. 

"I'm sorry sweetie, I think you've suffered a head injury. You obviously have no idea what you're talking about." Just to prove my point, I flick my hand and fire roars up, blocking all the exits. "Now question one, how the hell do I get into Mystic Falls?"

No one answers and I bow my head, letting Jeremiah do the honours. I feel another presence enter the room but I don't play much attention to them, I can always deal with the later if necessary. 

"I won't ask nicely again." I scan the room and focus on a trembling witch, a wicked smirk on my face. "You look new, it would be such a shame to die so young wouldn't it?" 

"Emily Bennett...she has a coven positioned at a ancestral site nearby, they're her power source." I nod in approval and leave the young witch be, perhaps she can be useful for the future.

"Next question, whats the bullshit with this Queen stuff?"

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Lucifer's pov

I watched from the shadows as Ellie paced slowly in a predatorial manner, I almost felt bad for the witches she was interrogating. 

"A prophecy has been made, the Gilbert Queen will awaken when she dies and when she rises again she will rule over the supernatural world. It will be the end of the ruling of the ancestors." The young trembling witch answered again, cowering under the glares from the rest of her coven. 

"So that's why Emily is getting so pissy." 

I turn my head slightly at the three newcomers who have entered the warehouse undetected by the others, one is crouching up in the higher rafters and the other two crouch by an open window. Now who are they exactly?

Two bodies drop to the ground and I snap my head back to the little feisty queen that is my mate. It took some reading but I finally understood, that's why I found her so compelling....she was my mate.

"Question three, how do I boot Emily out of Bonnie's body?" Her friend I'm assuming.

"You can't."

"I don't think that's the answer she wants." Ellie's companion holds one of the witches in the air by their neck and I smirk, a feral side of me relishing at the sight of the torture.

"Jeremiah I'm bored, let's have some fun."

Wait...is that a hickey on her neck?

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Ellie's pov

I rise up in the air a few metres and my hands glow red, the warehouse around us shaking. Clenching my hand, metal comes from the wall and warps to trap the witches in painful positions.

"I won't ask again, tell me now! How do I separate them?!" I can feel several pairs of eyes on my back but again I ignore them, I will probably regret that later but for now it's fine. 

"A ritual, the only people I know that have it is a pair of human brothers." This time the coven leader speaks up and I smirk, coming back down to the ground.

"Oh please don't be helpful, I want to kill you." Jeremiah pouts in sadness, making me laugh.

"A pair of brother eh?" I wonder....how many universes are there in this world?

"Please your majesty, let us go." 

A pipe clatters behind us and I finally go to look to see who joined the party when a searing pain attacks my head, blood drips out my nose and ears. I clutch my head in pain and I hear Jeremiah's grunts of pain not far from me.

"You may be the Queen but we can still over power you." The coven leader laughs coldly, the coven's magic forcing me on my knee's.

"Oh big mistake." Stiles? "I would suggest releasing my mate now."