<div class="floatleft">(https://asset3.modelmanagement.com/mm-eyJ0Ijp7InIiOiIzMjAi/fSwiaWQiOiJpMzYxMzI5/IiwiZiI6InBuZyJ9.png)</div><strong>Name</strong>: Elias Watkins (https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=280409.msg13785993#msg13785993)<br/><strong>Date/Time:</strong>March 1st, just after sunrise<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Streets of the city<br/><strong>Wearing:</strong>Running shorts, blue tee shirt, headband, running shoes<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Victoria, Open<br/><strong>Contents:</strong>Frustration compounded.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>In the silence that followed Elias' out burst he simply glared at Victoria. Her words about being able to bypass everything else still had not sunk into his mind, after all she had added the part about him being half demon. So nothing else really mattered anyway, he was part demon and that would always be the defining thing in any future interactions they would have. So while her anger seemed to settle his just continued to boil. Her attempt at an apology did nothing to extinguish that flame burning in his breast.<br/><br/>Once again Victoria said she wished Elias had been honest, because she was the one responsible for all those living and staying in the manor. He was just about to retort but then she brought the hammer down to crush any hope he might have of mending things with her with her declaring that they should just stay out of each others way. He was crushed and that only made him more angry, but not so much at her, he was just hurt and angry. After all he really could not blame her, she was a witch and demons were her natural enemy. She had been raised just as he had to fear and hate demons. So what he was angry at was the cruel fates that had made him half witch and half demon. He was not totally either and was not accepted in either group. He was alone and would remain that way for centuries before he died alone. He thought he had accepted that fate years, decades, ago, so why did her rejection hurt so damn much?<br/><br/>As Victoria turned to walk away Elias glared at her back for a moment. Then just before she completely disappeared in the fog he called out one last time to her. “If you're so worried about not failing your cousins, stop just assuming everyone being attacked by a demon is an innocent. Had you simply asked I would have given you an honest answer.” With that he turned and stalked back the way he had come from. He was fully expecting to never again to even speak to her and that just plain hurt him deep to his core.<br/><br/>Elias had not gone very far before a frustrated angry scream erupted from him. He dropped to his knees on the path silently cursing the fates that made him part demon but gave him a human heart. Life would be so much easier if he were either all human with all their frailties or all demon without the ability to love or need to be loved.