01-27-2025, 03:19 AM
Connor was torn, looking from Ayden to where Nox had gone off to. Leaving her like this, trapped and helpless, was not something he could just do.
In his mind, the emotional calculus churned, the result almost instantaneous. His familu was here. Who were the targets? How did they weigh against his wife and child. Not again. Never again. Not even if the cost was any and everything. He'd tasted that past. Never again.
On such basic emotions do decisions rest. He turned and faced her. "No. I won't leave you."
And at the moment the guy who Nox had dropped the baby off was there, telling them it was too late. Nox would not get there in time to stop it.
Connor had been hoping for hope. And he seized on that statement. We were a distraction for Nox. Nox would not get there to stop it.
It opened up in his mind, a path so clear that it smacked him in the face. He looked from the kid to Ayden and back. He made as if to leave and Connor said, "What was Nox supposed to stop?"
He looked at Ayden through the invisible barrier. He somehow knew the next few words would signal the next major change in their lives.
In his mind, the emotional calculus churned, the result almost instantaneous. His familu was here. Who were the targets? How did they weigh against his wife and child. Not again. Never again. Not even if the cost was any and everything. He'd tasted that past. Never again.
On such basic emotions do decisions rest. He turned and faced her. "No. I won't leave you."
And at the moment the guy who Nox had dropped the baby off was there, telling them it was too late. Nox would not get there in time to stop it.
Connor had been hoping for hope. And he seized on that statement. We were a distraction for Nox. Nox would not get there to stop it.
It opened up in his mind, a path so clear that it smacked him in the face. He looked from the kid to Ayden and back. He made as if to leave and Connor said, "What was Nox supposed to stop?"
He looked at Ayden through the invisible barrier. He somehow knew the next few words would signal the next major change in their lives.