Already Dead

"What are we going to do about Elias?" By now, his tears had mostly stopped. He pulled back from her, his gaze intense and features serious as he looked her in the eye. "We will not do anything. This is my battle to fight alone, and that of Actaea and Ignis should they choose to fight with me. I will not bring you or Abaven into this, especially not when you will soon have your own charges to worry about." He hadn't mentioned it before, but he noticed her pregnancy the whole time. Especially being this close to her, the scent wrapped around him like a cloak. He didn't know who the father was yet, but he didn't care at the moment.

Whether she chose to answer or not, he continued. "I've made Elias pay part of his debt by blinding one of his eyes and heavily scarring his face. He will eventually pay the rest of his debt soon enough...Tyranis, too." He growled. Images of his nephew's face flashed through his mind. Remembering the look in his eyes. "I declared my brother an enemy. But despite what he did, my nephew looks up to him like he's some sort of God. Tyranis has a pack now, and I have no doubt they will seek blood should Elias join them. With that in mind, i do not want you or anyone else in Abaven getting involved. It is not your fight, or the packs. Do you understand?" While he knew Shaye was no pup, he spoke the last bit in a manner almost as if she were. He needed her to understand that this was something he had to do on his own. And if not on his own, then with Ignis and Actaea should they choose to.