Page 101 of Which Witch Is Wicked?
"Her secrets are not mine to reveal."
Anger and frustration driven by fear had Tierra lashing out. Suddenly her wand appeared in her hand. Last she'd seen the wand it had been carried away in a river of water rushing in the street during her showdown with Satan. She had to learn more about how the wand worked. For now, she shook the earth.
Killian laughed. "I hope our child receives your fighting spirit." His wings unfurled in a quick snap. Before he could take to the sky, Tierra had him seized with the vines of the forest and opened the ground below him.
"Go to Hell, Killian." Tierra flicked the wand, and the branches threw him into the opened maw and the earth swallowed him whole.
"Well, that's one way to get rid of an unwanted spouse," Claire said, when the dust cleared.
"It's going to be hard to get alimony with him being in Hell and all," Aerin commented and then shrugged at Tierra's crazed look. "Just saying."
"I didn't really send him to Hell, did I?" Tierra studied the end of the wand, horrified. She couldn’t have, could she? Had she just delivered Killian into Lucy's vindictive clutches?
"Sure seemed like it to me," Claire said.
"We're a Horseman down," Aerin said with glee. "This is good."
"Do you think,if we kill a Horseman, will that stop the Apocalypse?" Claire's amber eyes narrowed in plotting. "Why haven't we thought of that before?"
"They can't be killed." Tierra's throat went dry. "They're immortal." But the statement came out in a whisper.
What have I done?
"Theywereimmortal," Aerin said. "But what if we are strong enough to take that away from them? We're prophesied to end the world. If we have that kind of power, who's to say what wecan'tdo?"
"Oooh, I like that," Claire said, the glint in her eye turning into a flame and sending fear chasing up Tierra's spine.
"No, I don't like it. I don't want that kind of power." Or the responsibility that came with it. She just wanted to grow her herbs and make her teas.
Ambrosia's Charms and Brews, which she'd lovingly started years ago, was gone. Moira and Aunt Justine were in the clutches of Conquest and War. Aerin and Claire had embraced the dark side, while Tierra was at the top of Satan's wish list.
And, good goddess, she'd just sent the father of her child to Hell.
