05-05-2016, 01:54 PM
Ivan had agreed to come. The house was barely presentable. Christian was with Ana and Pavlo while a good man still hadn't gotten in sync with Dorian and his way of things. Though he had started taking down the horrid things Dorian despised most - the animals on the wall all were gone, their only remaining linkage was the clean and bright spots on the walls where they'd hung before. Dorian didn't care what Pavlo did with them, as long as they were gone.
Dorian had been up in Cruz's room pacing back and forth thinking about what he would say to Ivan when he came. And he still hadn't formulated a plan when the doorbell rang and Pavlo had shown his fellow officer into the sitting room.
Dorian took a deep breathe and spoke to his delirious son, "I hope help is coming soon."
Dorian walked down the stairs silently. He unbutton the cuff on his left wrist and tucked the cuff link into his pocket. It was a rather large secret to share, but a rather necessary one to take and one that risked not only his life but those he loved and Ivan's as well. It was a huge risk, but his son was more important than the Atharim.
Dorian stepped into the sitting room and walked over to the bar. "Can I offer you a drink?"
Dorian poured a glass of chilled Merlot into a wine glass and turned to look at Ivan expetantly.
He didn't really wait for an answer as he took a seat in one of the lounge chairs and hung himself over it as if nothing was on his mind. Dorian saw Pavlo behind him standing and waiting for Ivan's order and Dorian smiled. He was a good man.
"I'm sure you have many questions. I am willing to answer to a point."
To the point just before he would condemn himself to die at the hands of his brethren. Ivan was a reborn god, he'd know too soon about the Atharim's existence, but the depths to which he would know was all in Dorian's hands and he didn't intend to reveal everything.
Dorian took a sip from the wine glass and set it down on the table next to him then leaned forward carefully rolling the sleeve of his left arm up. "Have you seen a symbol like this before?"
Dorian's Atharim tattoo was simple, but it was surrounded by a mass of black flames that encompassed the entire left side of his body. The dragon biting it's own tail was nestled inside of the flaming artwork on his body, and inside the dragon was the Chinese symbol for son. Cruz was the most important thing in Dorian's life. And he would do everything in his power to save him even if that meant condemning his soul. "It is the symbol of the Atharim - a secret society who's sole purpose is to eradicate men and women like yourself. We preform other services that the mundane world does not understand - monsters do exist and we hide the truth from everyone."
Before Ivan could panic, Dorian added, "You have nothing to fear from me. I have a need for you that outweighs my association with the Atharim. I would offer to keep your secret from them, but I fear your use of the power of the gods has likely already been noticed by others in the organization. Instead I offer you my protection from them, the knowledge you need to know an agent, the crimes to which they can be attributed to in the name of the safety of humanity."
Dorian stood slowly. "And to prove my point. I need you to meet someone. You will understand when you meet him."
Edited by Dorian, May 5 2016, 01:55 PM.
Dorian had been up in Cruz's room pacing back and forth thinking about what he would say to Ivan when he came. And he still hadn't formulated a plan when the doorbell rang and Pavlo had shown his fellow officer into the sitting room.
Dorian took a deep breathe and spoke to his delirious son, "I hope help is coming soon."
Dorian walked down the stairs silently. He unbutton the cuff on his left wrist and tucked the cuff link into his pocket. It was a rather large secret to share, but a rather necessary one to take and one that risked not only his life but those he loved and Ivan's as well. It was a huge risk, but his son was more important than the Atharim.
Dorian stepped into the sitting room and walked over to the bar. "Can I offer you a drink?"
Dorian poured a glass of chilled Merlot into a wine glass and turned to look at Ivan expetantly.
He didn't really wait for an answer as he took a seat in one of the lounge chairs and hung himself over it as if nothing was on his mind. Dorian saw Pavlo behind him standing and waiting for Ivan's order and Dorian smiled. He was a good man.
"I'm sure you have many questions. I am willing to answer to a point."
To the point just before he would condemn himself to die at the hands of his brethren. Ivan was a reborn god, he'd know too soon about the Atharim's existence, but the depths to which he would know was all in Dorian's hands and he didn't intend to reveal everything.
Dorian took a sip from the wine glass and set it down on the table next to him then leaned forward carefully rolling the sleeve of his left arm up. "Have you seen a symbol like this before?"
Dorian's Atharim tattoo was simple, but it was surrounded by a mass of black flames that encompassed the entire left side of his body. The dragon biting it's own tail was nestled inside of the flaming artwork on his body, and inside the dragon was the Chinese symbol for son. Cruz was the most important thing in Dorian's life. And he would do everything in his power to save him even if that meant condemning his soul. "It is the symbol of the Atharim - a secret society who's sole purpose is to eradicate men and women like yourself. We preform other services that the mundane world does not understand - monsters do exist and we hide the truth from everyone."
Before Ivan could panic, Dorian added, "You have nothing to fear from me. I have a need for you that outweighs my association with the Atharim. I would offer to keep your secret from them, but I fear your use of the power of the gods has likely already been noticed by others in the organization. Instead I offer you my protection from them, the knowledge you need to know an agent, the crimes to which they can be attributed to in the name of the safety of humanity."
Dorian stood slowly. "And to prove my point. I need you to meet someone. You will understand when you meet him."
Edited by Dorian, May 5 2016, 01:55 PM.