04-08-2015, 09:09 AM
Lucas walked away from Nox, fists and jaw clenched. He had been this close to hitting Nox in the face, just to wipe away that smirk that always seemed to be there. It never seemed to fail. Just as they seemed to resolve things, Nox once again threw a monkey wrench into it. He just seemed to just rub him the wrong way. Oil and water. The guy was just....
No. No, he told himself. This isn't about Nox. This isn't what you're really angry about, what you're avoiding. Nox is a dick. Period. But he's not what's got you going. Aria. God, Aria, what are you stuck in? What are you gonna do? The Ascendancy? Killing him would be like...he really wasn't sure what that was like. The Ascendancy lived in an entirely other realm, was just....there. Ruling. Like the sun, constant in the sky. How do you kill the sun?
She's going to die. Those people she works for have sent her to die. Rage boiled in him despite the sharp knife of the wind that cut at his exposed face.
He saw her wandering, so little, so tiny and shook his head. What could he do? He couldn't just do nothing. Maybe she could leave. Hide. He would go with her. It was stupid, but what else was there to do?
Lucas wasn't really looking anywhere when he saw Nox. Unconsciously, his fists clenched. It would feel really good to hit that guy. Nox motioned for him and Lucas smiled grimly. Yeah, really good. He started walking. But Nox was walking toward Aria and seemed to startle her, as much with his touch as with his words.
Lucas' sense of dread got stronger. He trudged more quickly through the snow and only caught the tail end of Aria's words to Nox. Then she turned to him and gave him warning, leaving him a choice. What the hell? Before she got two steps away he grabbed her by the arm and turned her around to face him. "Stop! Don't just warn me something's dangerous and then walk away like I'm just gonna let you go by yourself! We're here together. I chose to be here. So we will do this together. Now tell me!"
He hadn't realized that he was yelling at her until his words stopped and all that remained was the deafening silence.
No. No, he told himself. This isn't about Nox. This isn't what you're really angry about, what you're avoiding. Nox is a dick. Period. But he's not what's got you going. Aria. God, Aria, what are you stuck in? What are you gonna do? The Ascendancy? Killing him would be like...he really wasn't sure what that was like. The Ascendancy lived in an entirely other realm, was just....there. Ruling. Like the sun, constant in the sky. How do you kill the sun?
She's going to die. Those people she works for have sent her to die. Rage boiled in him despite the sharp knife of the wind that cut at his exposed face.
He saw her wandering, so little, so tiny and shook his head. What could he do? He couldn't just do nothing. Maybe she could leave. Hide. He would go with her. It was stupid, but what else was there to do?
Lucas wasn't really looking anywhere when he saw Nox. Unconsciously, his fists clenched. It would feel really good to hit that guy. Nox motioned for him and Lucas smiled grimly. Yeah, really good. He started walking. But Nox was walking toward Aria and seemed to startle her, as much with his touch as with his words.
Lucas' sense of dread got stronger. He trudged more quickly through the snow and only caught the tail end of Aria's words to Nox. Then she turned to him and gave him warning, leaving him a choice. What the hell? Before she got two steps away he grabbed her by the arm and turned her around to face him. "Stop! Don't just warn me something's dangerous and then walk away like I'm just gonna let you go by yourself! We're here together. I chose to be here. So we will do this together. Now tell me!"
He hadn't realized that he was yelling at her until his words stopped and all that remained was the deafening silence.