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"I see. Come with me," The Great Mother replied. She walked around to the front of the house and instantly Eve was standing before them. "Eve, I know you want to be in charge. The only one standing in your way is Jane. Remove her and I will make sure your sisters and their followers kneel beneath you." Karen opened her mouth to protest but it snapped shut. "Watch and learn daughter," she heard her mother say in her mind.
"It will be a pleasure," Eve said looking at Jane with murder in her eyes.
Jane sighed, "Eve, we both know you can't win? Why do you want to take control?" She paused and then added, "I understand wanting to kill me. But the rest? Will you at least explain that to me before you try your best?"
"Do you have any idea what it is like to spend ten thousand years with someone else's foot on your neck?" Eve spat. "Then my sister takes the place of males and I am still a slave without any say about my life."
"But didn't you submit on your own?" Jane asked confused. "If you felt that way why change masters? Why not just tell everyone to fuck off and do your own thing?"
"Like she would let me." Eve jerked a thumb towards the Great Mother. "She let Lilith run wild and I had to sit and watch like a good little girl."
Jane looked at the Great Mother surprised, "Is this true? You made her remain a slave to man?" Instead of replying, the Great Mother looked away. "Well shit..." Jane looked at Eve, "In that case I understand. I would have made a break for it the moment her back was turned instead of trying to fuck over Karen. That was wrong Eve and you know it. She had nothing to do with what happened to you."
"She would never have let me go." Eve spat. She moved to slap Karen but Jane stopped her.
"She would and you know it. You wanted to take the easy way out instead of having to work for things like the rest of us." Jane said. She lowered her voice and said, "On a side note, touch her and I will kill you for real. You will become nothing more than a memory. No one, and I mean no one hurts my family."
Instead of replying, Eve began muttering softly. She smiled as the black bird of death formed before her and swooped at Jane.
Jane smiled and reached out her hand to touch the bird. In the instant, she made contact the bird turned to black dust and floated slowly to the ground where it disappeared. "My turn? Or would you like to try something stronger?"
Like a volcano her hate grew and she shot it like an arrow at Jane. At the same time, she cast another spell, stronger than the last summing Death himself to work her will.
Jane caught the arrow and cupping her hands changed it into a white dove, which she tossed into the air. She watched it fly off before turning to look at the figure before her. "We meet again; do you think you will have any better luck this time?"
Death didn't like to be mocked and reached out to pull Jane's soul out of her body. Instead of being able to grab on to it, it remained as if it were smoke. In anger Death swung his skive and was amazed when it went through Jane as if she wasn't there. Suddenly he smiled, if a skull could smile and pointed down the driveway as he faded away.
While she wanted to turn and look, Jane kept her eyes on Eve. From the side she heard Karen say, "I claim this one as mine to deal with." From the corner of her eye, she watched Karen move away.
"Stay out of this sister, I'm warning you," Eve said coldly.
"Not on your life Eve. Fuck with me and I will show you how to make someone suffer first hand." Karen said coldly.
Jane knew Eve was about to attack Karen so she strode forward and slapped the girl as hard as she could. "My turn," she said looking at her. With one hand, she reached out and began choking her. "Spells are all well and good, but I like the old fashioned way." She lifted a leg and pulled her knife from the ankle sheath. Holding it before Eve's eyes, she said coldly, "Shall I show you how the Aztecs' removed hearts for their ceremonies?"
Eve's eyes got large. She knew how they killed the slaves. She tried to cast a spell or even speak but with Jane holding her like she was it was all she could do to get air. She looked into the woman's eyes and knew she could never win like this. She closed her eyes, raised her neck, and hung loose instead of fighting back.
"You must think I was born yesterday. The moment my back is turned you will attack." Jane said. She looked at Lilly, "No offence mother, but your sister is an idiot." She released Eve and tossed the knife into the driveway next to her. "There's the knife. I'll even turn my back." She backed up a few paces and turned around. Down the hill, she saw Karen was sitting on a woman and had her arm twisted up behind her back. "I see my mother, my other mother, showed up."
Eve looked down at the knife and then at Jane. It wasn't hard for her to figure out that no matter what she did with it, Jane would block or move out of the way. No, she had to do it herself. She looked at Lilith who smiled at her. No sneaking up wouldn't work because her sister would warn Jane.
"No sister, I will stay out of this. I have faith in my daughter," Lilly said as if reading her thoughts.
Jane turned her head slightly, "One question if I may. Great Mother, no offence meant, but how can you raise a daughter for ten thousand years and her be dumb as a brick? Sandy's cat, Meowzers is smarter than Eve. Though his makeup skills suck."
"What do you expect, he's a cat," Lilly interjected with a laugh.
"I guess you and I will have to discuss it sometime Jane. It seems I managed to screw up all three of my daughters. One went pig wild before, one's going pig wild now, and the last is troubled."
"No, one is learning love and compassion for her fellows, one is just frustrated, and the last will find the peace she needs before the sun rises again." Jane replied turning back. She looked at Eve, "How do I give you the opening you wish for? It will fail but until you try and fail, we will not be able to move forward."
She looked at Jane and shook her head, "Anything I do you will block so why bother?"
"Because you need to get out of your system Eve. Don't you want to be able to go where you wish? You don't need to stay here, or even return to your mother's realm. You can just walk away." Jane bent down and picked up the knife. She looked at it and then at Eve, "But you don't want that. You think you have it coming to you, like we owe you something." She paused, "Hold that thought."
She turned and looked at her mother. "Mother, you have been around the block once or twice. Perhaps you can answer something for me. Why is it that everyone holds a knife like this?" Jane showed her the knife held with the blade facing forward.
"Not everyone does daughter," Lilly replied.
"I know. It should be held like this." She flipped it around so it faced towards her body. "This way is much better it allows many more moves than the other way." Jane looked at Eve, "As I was saying, you think you are entitled and we owe you something. The only thing I can think of that you are owed is this." She took a sweeping swing and cut a thin line across Eve's neck, continued the spin until she was facing away from her and continuing the movement of her arm touched the knife hilt first against her belly. In a low voice she said, "If I wanted, you would be dead now and not even your mother could bring you back. If you want, we can do it the other way." She paused and then smiled, "Hey Bony, I know you're out there watching. Come on back I have a customer for you, perhaps two."
Right on cue Death returned and looked at Jane. She pointed at Eve who blanched and backed up. As he turned towards her and stepped forward, she ran and hid behind her mother.
"Please mommy I don't want to go away," she whined.
