2 hours ago
Tatyana's stomach growled. "Sky, have one of the kids bring us some food -- something hot not junk. The streets aren't kind to these three." Sky didn't acknowledge him with more than a simple beep.
Food arrived just as Tatyana finally spoke again. Ashton brought in three bowls of soup, some crackers, toasted bread and some hard cheese -- something easy to adjust to on an empty stomach. He was a smart man. "Thanks Ashton."
When Ashton put the tray down on the table he left with a smile and closed the door behind him. "I'm assuming you are asking about why Nox killed their parents? He didn't kill them both. Their father had sustained a bite from the same monsters that bit Nox and he was forced to cut off his own arm so the parasite didn't spread to his brain and take him over. The father was taken over -- he was part of the horde that trudged through the caverns of the tunnels below the city. He went down with them while the men Nox had with him had saved the refugee camp. But they weren't there in time and others got bit. All of them couldn't be saved. They were bit on the neck or torso -- places you couldn't even try to save them like he did himself. Kenzie was hiding when Nox pulled the trigger that killed her mother. She saw him give her mercy. The wound was already black with and she would have turned with in the hour. Some company did that to a creature -- it got out. Nox spent months cleaning out the tunnels. He and the Ascendancy took a team out to finish it. Nox lost in that fight. He still is dealing with the reprecussions of his actions. He did the right thing. Maddi knows that, and so does Kenzie. But Kenzie needs someone to hate so Nox lets her hate him. He teachs her to fight so she doesn't get hurt because she will go after the monsters that killed her parents -- whether that is Nox or the monsters -- she will become Atharim. She may not call herself that -- but it is what she will be. I've seen it many times -- seen kids turn into what Nox is -- what he grew up to become. It's better if she's here with him so he can teach her how to channel that anger. But she doesn't trust him."
Hayden nodded to the food. "You should eat something. The twins too."
Food arrived just as Tatyana finally spoke again. Ashton brought in three bowls of soup, some crackers, toasted bread and some hard cheese -- something easy to adjust to on an empty stomach. He was a smart man. "Thanks Ashton."
When Ashton put the tray down on the table he left with a smile and closed the door behind him. "I'm assuming you are asking about why Nox killed their parents? He didn't kill them both. Their father had sustained a bite from the same monsters that bit Nox and he was forced to cut off his own arm so the parasite didn't spread to his brain and take him over. The father was taken over -- he was part of the horde that trudged through the caverns of the tunnels below the city. He went down with them while the men Nox had with him had saved the refugee camp. But they weren't there in time and others got bit. All of them couldn't be saved. They were bit on the neck or torso -- places you couldn't even try to save them like he did himself. Kenzie was hiding when Nox pulled the trigger that killed her mother. She saw him give her mercy. The wound was already black with and she would have turned with in the hour. Some company did that to a creature -- it got out. Nox spent months cleaning out the tunnels. He and the Ascendancy took a team out to finish it. Nox lost in that fight. He still is dealing with the reprecussions of his actions. He did the right thing. Maddi knows that, and so does Kenzie. But Kenzie needs someone to hate so Nox lets her hate him. He teachs her to fight so she doesn't get hurt because she will go after the monsters that killed her parents -- whether that is Nox or the monsters -- she will become Atharim. She may not call herself that -- but it is what she will be. I've seen it many times -- seen kids turn into what Nox is -- what he grew up to become. It's better if she's here with him so he can teach her how to channel that anger. But she doesn't trust him."
Hayden nodded to the food. "You should eat something. The twins too."