no going back now

"Talk" Walk

Alarm. That was the first thing that crossed his features when he noticed her eyes growing wet with tears. Fuck. Fuck. Fuck! She agreed that he had indeed, captured her. Calling herself stupid. That she should've let him suffer, but that also...she wasn't mean. And honestly, he believed the latter part. It was evident in the way she had carried herself when he attacked her. In the way he had threatened her. She didn't seem like she wanted to fight at all, and her reactions had been simply that. Reactions to the way he had been threatening her. In a way, she reminded him of a prey animal...a deer, maybe...innocent. A brief image of his mother crossed his mind. Was this how the dynamic between Zuriel and Elias had been? Was he truly behaving as his father did all those years ago?

No. He hadn't raped or hurt anyone like that...That was the one thing he would fight against. If he ever found himself going that route...he was sure he'd rather kill himself before he let that happen.

"You're not stupid. You're just..." What? She was just...what!? He had no idea what to say anymore these days, much less in a situation like this. What would Acere have said!? He grew frustrated as he tried to think about something his more compassionate uncle would have said but was coming up blank. "Figuring things out...I guess...and you have a kind heart..." He finally murmured. That probably wasn't at all helpful, but it was all he had. She didn't look all that much younger than he was, but hey, maybe he was right. Or wrong. He didn't know.