THE SHE-DEVIL AND HER ALPHAS

"This doesn't look like heaven," Asher coughed, sitting up. 

"Oh my God, thank God," Lia breathed in relief. She ran and threw herself on the real Asher who caught her, both of them falling to the ground. 

"You're alive," She checked his face amid showering him with kisses. 

"It would take more than roasting my ass to take my life away," he joked.

Lia chortled, lowered her head, and met his lips halfway to the kiss. God, she never thought one-day she would love his silky short hair - Raphael's was medium, reaching the nape of his neck.

The hybrid enjoyed the privilege, wrapping her hand around his neck while the other gripped his scalp. Both kissed slowly, savoring this opportunity they hadn't gotten in a while. 

"Lia, watch out !" Devon screamed a warning. 

They had forgotten that if Asher survived that live burning, Raphael was still alive then and he held a gun - the same gun Asher had used to fight against Ezekiel earlier.

Raphael's eyes were burning with hatred, he aimed the gun at Asher saying, "Good-bye, brother,"

Lia had raised her hand, preparing to build a shield around Asher when a ripping sound was heard.

Both were startled when a hand suddenly went through Raphael's chest from behind. All they saw was an appendage in the front of Raphael's chest grabbing a bloody heart. 

The mysterious killer withdrew his limb through the hole in Raphael's chest- where his heart used to be- creating quite unpleasant squishing sounds. Lia hoped her fragile mom had not seen this gruesome scene else she would be traumatized forever. 

Raphael plonked down to his knees with an aghast expression- he never saw that one coming- revealing Dan standing with his bloody organ in his grasp. 

"Goodbye Raphael," Dan kicked his body to the ground. 

"And I hope you remain dead," Devon clicked her fingers, setting Raphael's remains on fire. 

Lia sank on Asher, releasing a breath she didn't even realize she was holding in all this time. She couldn't believe this hell was finally over. 

Asher hugged Lia tight as if he let go, she was going to disappear from his clasp forever. 

"It's over now," he kissed her on the cheek while she buried her face in his chest, taking in his familiar scent. 

"My mother," Lia remembered. 

She moved away from Asher, running to meet her mother sprawled out on the floor meters away from them. 

Fear gripped Lia's heart upon seeing the way her mother lay on the bare ground negligently. It made her wonder if Raphael had done anything evil to her mom, yet breathed in relief when she found out her breathing was stable. It looks like she must have passed out during this nightmarish event. 

"Are you okay?" Dan wiped his bloody hand on his clothing, taking Sabrina who didn't mind his messy state into his arms.

"I'm okay," Sabrina hugged him back, "Look, I'm sorry for what I did, I didn't -" 

"There's no need to apologize for that, you've made up for your crimes already," he informed her and was about to place a kiss on her lips when Lia interrupted them.

"Sabrina, I need your help," 

"See you," she smooched him briefly. 

"What is it?" She walked over to her. 

"I need you to erase her memory," said Lia.

Sabrina sighed," You can't keep taking away her memories, Lia. It's high time you told your mother the truth already," 

She wiped her face with her palm, 

"I would but that would be after she recovers from this trauma which is why I need you to take away all that happened, she can't remember this. You too saw how broken and scared she was, I can't let her stay that way," Lia confessed.

"Fine, it's up to you anyway" She agreed," But I can't help you,"

"What?" 

"I'm out of juice. The only witch still standing at the moment is Devon- that girl never tires. You'd have to ask her for that favor," 

Lia's gaze searched around for the girl, "Where is ...oh," 

There was Devon, sitting beside her mother's corpse while Asher stood beside her. 

"I'm sorry for failing my promise of reuniting you with your mother, " Asher had a solemn look on his face. 

"No, it's not your fault," She sniffed," You agreed to help me find my mother and you did. It's my fault for not saving her on time," Devon blamed herself. 

"You couldn't have changed that, it was her decision to sacrifice her life, kiddo" Asher squeezed her shoulder softly. 

"Yeah, I know. But I can't accept that, she should have let me die and I'm so angry that all my efforts were for nothing. I just wish that there was some way I could say goodbye to her properly," was her desire. 

"Oh Ben, thank God," Lia hugged her friend who finally woke up from his deep sleep; she was beginning to worry.

"How do you feel...oh," Lia's mouth quirked when she saw Ben's eyes glazed over, showing only the whites of his eyes. A possession, she realized. 

"Devon," Ben rasped; his voice a blend of the witch with his own, producing a somewhat deep yet masculine tone. 

"Oh, a possession by the witch," Lia figured. 

Devon was still mourning the loss of her mother when the hairs on her back stood on edge as she heard a somewhat familiar yet unreal voice, how was that possible?

She whipped her head in the direction of that voice, brows raised in confusion as she saw that boy staring at her intently.

Devon didn't know who he was but she had heard Lia call him, "Ben" and so far, she didn't see anything special about him.

However, why was his eyes that way- this was the first time she was seeing such - and why was he giving her that warm gaze?

Tears slipped from the boy's eyes as he watched her, which was quite creepy until she heard him say," Filia mea, Devoniae," 

Devon's eyes widened while her lips trembled, "Mom?" How was that possible? She looked at her mom's body and then back at Ben in confusion.

"He's a medium," Asher noticed her dilemma and remembered this was the first time of her seeing Ben that way. 

"A medium?" 

"Sort of a vessel for the dead," he explained," You should go meet your mother, Devon before she passes to the other side,"