Yesterday, 12:24 PM
Ayden listened this plan, his idea. He would put his trust in a kid who worked for an organization who hunted her kind, who killed his son. It spoke either to the naivety of her husband, or to his trust in the boy, and Ayden knew that Connor was not as naïve as she sometimes thought of him. He was innocent compared to her.
He wasn't wrong, he voiced her concerns. She nodded as he spoke about their ability to hound them even after she took this boy out. But trusting that he just wouldn't kill them on the spot, was almost too much for her. "I can't protect you from him, but if you trust that this is the right way I'll go with you. I will sit down with this kid and talk. Tell him I was sent to kill him and this is us figuring it out. Ayden moved over to her gear and found the pistol she wanted with a silencer. "But I'm not going without a gun. I'm faster with the trigger than with my power, and he'll know I'm channeling the moment I touch the source. I have no indicator he's doing anything. He could have the whole place booby-trapped and we'd never know."
Nox scared whoever was blackmailing her, but he scared her too. Those videos were daunting, the creature he killed, it had ripped a man in half and Nox had decapitated it with ease. He was more dangerous than any other man she'd hunted.
Tony's Famous Pizzaria came into view and Ayden took a deep breath taking Connor's hand in hers. "If you are sure about this." It was rhetorical. They'd talked about it ad nauseum for the entire trip to the hole in the wall pizza shop. Ayden glanced up at the building she was supposed to have taken the high ground in, but she now stood completely, well not totally, unarmed, with her husband and her unborn child about to confront a man that scared the shit out of her.
Connor opened the door and Ayden stepped through. The place wasn't crowded, but there were several tables taken. Ayden looked around and found the man from the pictures, a man she'd met a handful of times in Moscow. His hair was still perfectly styled but the top was colored a bright vivid blue and he had thick eyeliner that made his eyes stand out even more than the long lashes had. He was an attractive man, probably why so many women flocked to his club now. She could see the appeal, and the shows looked at least halfway decent, at least from what she'd seen of the viral videos. But it wasn't the hair or the make up that stood out most. He sat with his feet up on the booth's bench with his legs craddling a baby. "He's got a baby with him!" Ayden gasped in shock. She wasn't sure what his game was.
He wasn't wrong, he voiced her concerns. She nodded as he spoke about their ability to hound them even after she took this boy out. But trusting that he just wouldn't kill them on the spot, was almost too much for her. "I can't protect you from him, but if you trust that this is the right way I'll go with you. I will sit down with this kid and talk. Tell him I was sent to kill him and this is us figuring it out. Ayden moved over to her gear and found the pistol she wanted with a silencer. "But I'm not going without a gun. I'm faster with the trigger than with my power, and he'll know I'm channeling the moment I touch the source. I have no indicator he's doing anything. He could have the whole place booby-trapped and we'd never know."
Nox scared whoever was blackmailing her, but he scared her too. Those videos were daunting, the creature he killed, it had ripped a man in half and Nox had decapitated it with ease. He was more dangerous than any other man she'd hunted.
Tony's Famous Pizzaria came into view and Ayden took a deep breath taking Connor's hand in hers. "If you are sure about this." It was rhetorical. They'd talked about it ad nauseum for the entire trip to the hole in the wall pizza shop. Ayden glanced up at the building she was supposed to have taken the high ground in, but she now stood completely, well not totally, unarmed, with her husband and her unborn child about to confront a man that scared the shit out of her.
Connor opened the door and Ayden stepped through. The place wasn't crowded, but there were several tables taken. Ayden looked around and found the man from the pictures, a man she'd met a handful of times in Moscow. His hair was still perfectly styled but the top was colored a bright vivid blue and he had thick eyeliner that made his eyes stand out even more than the long lashes had. He was an attractive man, probably why so many women flocked to his club now. She could see the appeal, and the shows looked at least halfway decent, at least from what she'd seen of the viral videos. But it wasn't the hair or the make up that stood out most. He sat with his feet up on the booth's bench with his legs craddling a baby. "He's got a baby with him!" Ayden gasped in shock. She wasn't sure what his game was.