06-12-2015, 08:28 AM
Michael suppressed the errant irritation that rose outside the bubble of calm surrounding him. Aria was awfully vague in her answers. There was so much he needed to know!
The temptation to grasp the Ascendant power and shake the information from the Atharim woman throbbed like a dull pain at the back of his mind. Of course, it would be foolish to even attempt it here. Aria was right, Nikolai was most likely watching their little reunion from the shadows like a spider weaving a web to catch its prey.
Michael hated spiders as much as he hated their webs. Even when you ripped through them, the residues clung on with irritating strength. It was one thing he did not miss about his home, the damn spiders. It seemed they had much more sense than he, avoiding the equally loathsome cold of Moscow.
"Best assume he hears everything you say from now on,"
Michael commented, without really addressing any of Aria's questions. He was consumed with the possibilities that lay ahead now that they had a hold of an Atharim who would not blindly follow orders.
Who was this friend she spoke of? Did Nikolai give him any instruction? By the sound of Aria's response, it seemed the others had been cut loose. A grave mistake, if that was the case. The man's actions would determine what would happen next.
Michael frowned. Now he thought of it, Nikolai had dismissed discussion of the Atharim for another day, and he had never had a chance to share his plans.
Aria seemed reluctant to discuss it. Could it be she had not told him? She said the man that was let go was a real friend. Perhaps she wanted to protect him? As an Ascendant he would surely be subject to Nikolai's scrutiny if his affiliation was revealed.
"How much did you tell the Ascendancy of our affiliation?"
he would not condemn the man, whoever he was, but he needed to know. "It is clear he knows by this meeting, and I never had the chance to reveal it. Does he know of our plan regarding the Atharim like yourself?"
Edited by Michael Vellas, Jun 12 2015, 08:29 AM.
The temptation to grasp the Ascendant power and shake the information from the Atharim woman throbbed like a dull pain at the back of his mind. Of course, it would be foolish to even attempt it here. Aria was right, Nikolai was most likely watching their little reunion from the shadows like a spider weaving a web to catch its prey.
Michael hated spiders as much as he hated their webs. Even when you ripped through them, the residues clung on with irritating strength. It was one thing he did not miss about his home, the damn spiders. It seemed they had much more sense than he, avoiding the equally loathsome cold of Moscow.
"Best assume he hears everything you say from now on,"
Michael commented, without really addressing any of Aria's questions. He was consumed with the possibilities that lay ahead now that they had a hold of an Atharim who would not blindly follow orders.
Who was this friend she spoke of? Did Nikolai give him any instruction? By the sound of Aria's response, it seemed the others had been cut loose. A grave mistake, if that was the case. The man's actions would determine what would happen next.
Michael frowned. Now he thought of it, Nikolai had dismissed discussion of the Atharim for another day, and he had never had a chance to share his plans.
Aria seemed reluctant to discuss it. Could it be she had not told him? She said the man that was let go was a real friend. Perhaps she wanted to protect him? As an Ascendant he would surely be subject to Nikolai's scrutiny if his affiliation was revealed.
"How much did you tell the Ascendancy of our affiliation?"
he would not condemn the man, whoever he was, but he needed to know. "It is clear he knows by this meeting, and I never had the chance to reveal it. Does he know of our plan regarding the Atharim like yourself?"
Edited by Michael Vellas, Jun 12 2015, 08:29 AM.
"She saw a flaring halo around his head, radiant in gold and blue. It shouted of glory and power to come"
"No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first, and is waiting for it."