09-20-2016, 07:38 AM
Dorian nodded. "That's fine."
There was an awkward silence for a moment. Like the weight of the world was pressing in on everyone. Cruz was conveniently missing and Dorian had the urge to go find his son. But he knew that was being the over protective father. Cruz was going to have to be fine in their house. Otherwise this life would become worse than the one they had been living before. Rachel was not Atharim. She was harmless and Cruz understood, he hoped the danger he was in. If playing with trip wires and sound exploding bombs was only the beginning of what Nox was going to teach his son. Dorian didn't like the idea that his son would become a weapon. There had to be other ways to use this new found gift. Dorian would need to talk to Nox about that.
Dorian killed the silence with his own rambling. "In the effort to keep everyone safe. There should be no secrets between us. Having said that. Ana, the most dangerous thing I do is not being a cop. I became a cop to fight things worse than bad men. My job is to cover up monsters and the things the Atharim do in the name of protecting mankind."
Ana smiled and twirled the glass between her fingers. "Dorian, I have known for as long as you've been with them."
Christian frowned. "She overheard us speaking on the matter very early on."
Dorian nodded. "Okay then. No surprises there then - not for you anyway. I did something against the Atharim today. I gave the police a list of names and known addresses of all gods and potential gods in Moscow."
Dorian watched Nox pale and wondered what he thought of the implications, but the boy showed no other outward concern. He was trying too hard to be a protector. He looked ready to crash in on himself.
Dorian continued. "I told them what I am. I gave them my insights on to the Atharim's next move."
Nox shifted in his chair, he knew something.
Christian asked. "And that would be?"
Nox whispered. "To kill the Ascendancy."
Dorian nodded. "The Atharim will try to shut down the source of the problem. In this case - the Ascendancy and everyone surrounding him that could leak the information out. The problem this time unlike other times in our recorded history is the media. There is not squashing this with a dead man and a false rumor that he was a raving lunatic. No, the damage has already been done. They will next turn on internal traitors and then on the gods themselves. They will come for us."
There was an awkward silence for a moment. Like the weight of the world was pressing in on everyone. Cruz was conveniently missing and Dorian had the urge to go find his son. But he knew that was being the over protective father. Cruz was going to have to be fine in their house. Otherwise this life would become worse than the one they had been living before. Rachel was not Atharim. She was harmless and Cruz understood, he hoped the danger he was in. If playing with trip wires and sound exploding bombs was only the beginning of what Nox was going to teach his son. Dorian didn't like the idea that his son would become a weapon. There had to be other ways to use this new found gift. Dorian would need to talk to Nox about that.
Dorian killed the silence with his own rambling. "In the effort to keep everyone safe. There should be no secrets between us. Having said that. Ana, the most dangerous thing I do is not being a cop. I became a cop to fight things worse than bad men. My job is to cover up monsters and the things the Atharim do in the name of protecting mankind."
Ana smiled and twirled the glass between her fingers. "Dorian, I have known for as long as you've been with them."
Christian frowned. "She overheard us speaking on the matter very early on."
Dorian nodded. "Okay then. No surprises there then - not for you anyway. I did something against the Atharim today. I gave the police a list of names and known addresses of all gods and potential gods in Moscow."
Dorian watched Nox pale and wondered what he thought of the implications, but the boy showed no other outward concern. He was trying too hard to be a protector. He looked ready to crash in on himself.
Dorian continued. "I told them what I am. I gave them my insights on to the Atharim's next move."
Nox shifted in his chair, he knew something.
Christian asked. "And that would be?"
Nox whispered. "To kill the Ascendancy."
Dorian nodded. "The Atharim will try to shut down the source of the problem. In this case - the Ascendancy and everyone surrounding him that could leak the information out. The problem this time unlike other times in our recorded history is the media. There is not squashing this with a dead man and a false rumor that he was a raving lunatic. No, the damage has already been done. They will next turn on internal traitors and then on the gods themselves. They will come for us."