06-27-2016, 02:50 PM
Dane didn't notice the use of his first name. He was absorbed in watching a beach patron picking through the surf and kicking at the water barefoot. Nox was going on about something, but Dane had tuned him out. The birds were chirping.
Only when Nox showed him the Wallet display did Dane slowly raise his eyes to meet Nox's. The display was a record of his life. The name of the boarding school he attended in France. A picture of his family's home in the country. A list of his siblings.
A grip tightened his stomach. He roamed the record again, snatching away Nox's device to scan it himself. There was no mention of Mockingbird. Thank God. No mention of his victims. Just a record of dates and places. People supposedly important to him. Family. A picture of Declan and his offspring, a niece Dane had never met.
Brow furrowed in thought, he handed the device back to its owner. "You're one of them then?" He spoke quietly so others wouldn't overhear. Who was the guardian angel?
"Yes. Add that my brother is also one of us. A god...?" Dane liked the sound of that.
If Declan was dead, the title he always wanted would rightfully and legally pass to Dane. What did Declan care for it anyway? The title was wasted on that recluse.
"So. Since you're one of them. Shouldn't you kill yourself?"
Only when Nox showed him the Wallet display did Dane slowly raise his eyes to meet Nox's. The display was a record of his life. The name of the boarding school he attended in France. A picture of his family's home in the country. A list of his siblings.
A grip tightened his stomach. He roamed the record again, snatching away Nox's device to scan it himself. There was no mention of Mockingbird. Thank God. No mention of his victims. Just a record of dates and places. People supposedly important to him. Family. A picture of Declan and his offspring, a niece Dane had never met.
Brow furrowed in thought, he handed the device back to its owner. "You're one of them then?" He spoke quietly so others wouldn't overhear. Who was the guardian angel?
"Yes. Add that my brother is also one of us. A god...?" Dane liked the sound of that.
If Declan was dead, the title he always wanted would rightfully and legally pass to Dane. What did Declan care for it anyway? The title was wasted on that recluse.
"So. Since you're one of them. Shouldn't you kill yourself?"