Hiding From the Unknown

Max would lay there on the ground silently for a while. He didn't know what else to do, aside from leave, but for some reason he couldn't make himself do that. Not yet anyway. His mind was too cruel to him to just let him leave. She was there, so close and within grasp but he couldn't touch her. He had never been able to touch her and probably never would with the way things were going. His mind would taunt him and after a while it would seem as though the birds were too.

No, the birds were just getting on his nerves as was his mind. Unfortunately he had no way to silence either of them as the birds would only be quiet if they were asleep or dead. As for his taunting mind, it wouldn't even be silenced when he was sleeping. It had taunted him when she had been stolen both in the day and at night keeping him from getting much rest. He assumed it would do the same now. *It was your fault she was stolen and now its your fault she is leaving.* the voice in his head would taunt *I cant believe you honestly thought the girl would like you, no one else dose.

Covering his face had only worked for a few minutes but as the voice would taunt, the man would grow angrier with himself. Slowly that anger would mix with hatred for himself and the man would ball up on the ground, trying to silence the voice. But no matter how tight he would curl the voice wouldn't be silenced. *Raisa left and all of her children hate you even though you helped them into the world. No one likes you how could you have ever thought this girl would be different.* As quietly as he could manage, regardless of how muffled it would be, Max would growl at the voice. No matter how correct that voice was, Maximous hated it and wanted it to shut up as much as he wished Callisto would talk to him. Though he figured his odds of that ever happening were as low as the odds as to whether or not the voice would ever shut up.