04-09-2015, 08:02 AM
Lucas grabbed her arm and turned her around. He yelled at her. Aria tried not let his emotions consume her. She wrapped the emptiness around her and stared up at him with nothing in her eyes. Her voice was distant and cold, "Tell you what? Tell you that Ascendancy could be over that rise. Tell you that we can all die in the next few minutes. Tell you I have a mission to kill the very man who could be over that rise. Tell you I have a choice to make. And I made it to keep you safe. What do you want me to tell you? Talking to this power Nox feels is the only way out. Running and hiding will result in death, trying to carry out my mission results in death. This. Is. The. Only. Way."
The look of shock in his blue eyes was unmistakable. They flicked to the rise then back to her. His jaw clenched and unclenched as a storm of emotion churned in his gaze. He let go of her but gently touched her cheek. His eyes were glassy. "I don't want anything to happen to you,"
he said softly. He held her gaze, smiling sadly. Then he looked to the ridge again and resolve seemed to fill him. "I'm going with you."
With that, he headed in the direction she had been going, as if he would get there first.
Aria caught up with Lucas and took his arm and slowed him down. "Let Nox go first."
She wouldn't let either of them stand between her and Ascendancy, but Nox was better equipped to know what was coming at them if they caught Ascendancy off guard. But really he should feel Nox coming much sooner than he or his party sees them. And thankfully anything that marked them Atharim was carefully hidden under layers of clothes until the appropriate time to reveal themselves.
Near weaponless Aria followed Nox towards the menacing power that he could feel, the man she could feel idly watched, a guard of some sort. And the only weapon she had, had a mind of his own. Nox was empty, Lucas was lanced with fear and determination. Aria wrapped herself in the bubble of emptiness to keep her self steady, this was where it all could end.
Edited by Aria, Apr 9 2015, 08:55 AM.
The look of shock in his blue eyes was unmistakable. They flicked to the rise then back to her. His jaw clenched and unclenched as a storm of emotion churned in his gaze. He let go of her but gently touched her cheek. His eyes were glassy. "I don't want anything to happen to you,"
he said softly. He held her gaze, smiling sadly. Then he looked to the ridge again and resolve seemed to fill him. "I'm going with you."
With that, he headed in the direction she had been going, as if he would get there first.
Aria caught up with Lucas and took his arm and slowed him down. "Let Nox go first."
She wouldn't let either of them stand between her and Ascendancy, but Nox was better equipped to know what was coming at them if they caught Ascendancy off guard. But really he should feel Nox coming much sooner than he or his party sees them. And thankfully anything that marked them Atharim was carefully hidden under layers of clothes until the appropriate time to reveal themselves.
Near weaponless Aria followed Nox towards the menacing power that he could feel, the man she could feel idly watched, a guard of some sort. And the only weapon she had, had a mind of his own. Nox was empty, Lucas was lanced with fear and determination. Aria wrapped herself in the bubble of emptiness to keep her self steady, this was where it all could end.
Edited by Aria, Apr 9 2015, 08:55 AM.