Bitter Fruit

Everything about Crowley under the Nazi Regime pointed to an undue hatred of Spelltwisters. I had the sincere feeling that the sentiment was truly personal—as if someone practicing magick did something inexcusable to Hitler.

Despite what Merritt said, I couldn’t imagine keeping the dictatorial leader safe from Arabella. I also didn’t want her to succeed with her mission. One action would allow his hateful rein to continue. The other action could bring about another, possibly heinous, change.

Merritt and I managed to slip into a library—one that did not exist in my period—and found a textbook on world history. As I flipped the pages, it was all too obvious that Arabella had no idea of what havoc she created with her tinkering. Although we had heard a rendition of history without a second world war, it did come about. The Axis—Germany, Japan, and Italy—eventually won. Those leaders split up the world like it was a giant cake and everyone wanted a slice. Germany took over the majority of the globe.