08-19-2016, 07:23 PM
A long, slow turn of the neck and Elias looked dumbfounded at Nox. He slowly rose to his feet. Elias was tall, but probably weighed thirty pounds less than Nox. Yet he confronted the other man unconcerned about the differences in their physical strength. With power, Nox was strong, although how much so Elias didn't know, but such was the advantage with men like them, the sense of the unknown drove fear, and fear drove men to action they were otherwise too foolish to pursue.
"Let me get this straight,"
he started. His hands splayed, fingertips thoughtfully pushed together, his index fingers tapping his lip. "There is a man out there as 'messed up as' - or insane - as Aria. That knows Aria doesn't live here but you're worried that he might come anyway. He can use these god powers like the rest of us,"
Elias waved his hand in dismissal at Cain in case he didn't know. "And he has a key. And you're too proper to ask for it back because it's --- what? Not your place?"
Elias drew power upon himself. Not a lot. Nothing that even approached what he saw in the Red Square. But enough. And he looked at the shiny new doorknob.
"What do you think changing the locks will do when I could rip the door from the hinges?"
His tone was calm the whole time. His expression was still as windless waters. But his gaze was direct and daring.
He looked finally at Asha, shaking his head. "You're not staying here alone."
"Let me get this straight,"
he started. His hands splayed, fingertips thoughtfully pushed together, his index fingers tapping his lip. "There is a man out there as 'messed up as' - or insane - as Aria. That knows Aria doesn't live here but you're worried that he might come anyway. He can use these god powers like the rest of us,"
Elias waved his hand in dismissal at Cain in case he didn't know. "And he has a key. And you're too proper to ask for it back because it's --- what? Not your place?"
Elias drew power upon himself. Not a lot. Nothing that even approached what he saw in the Red Square. But enough. And he looked at the shiny new doorknob.
"What do you think changing the locks will do when I could rip the door from the hinges?"
His tone was calm the whole time. His expression was still as windless waters. But his gaze was direct and daring.
He looked finally at Asha, shaking his head. "You're not staying here alone."