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Elle and Mias: Chapter 25

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"I'm so sorry… please forgive me… I'm so sorry…" Abernos repeated over and over as he drove himself through the thick brush and out onto an animal path. Elle's scream from her broken wrist nearly caused him to stumble from the weight it put in his chest, but he knew there was nothing he could do at this point other than to locate Mias.

He wasn't far from reaching the rescue party. Beyond a few groves of trees, the gang of one sorcerer, one stag, one ghoul and two horses crouched along the thicket lining as they drew nearer Elias' camp.

"I smell someone approaching," Leadbury announced.

Mias and Berenos directed their attention to where Leadbury indicated and readied themselves for an attack.

Abernos emerged from the brush and tears came to his eyes at the sight of his brother. "B-Berenos…!"

Berenos rushed to his brother's side without speaking a single word. He caught him in his arms as Abernos finally allowed himself to break down.

"He still has her! Elias…! We tried to escape but he…! I didn't want to abandon her, but she begged me to! If he hurts her, I'll never forgive myself Berenos!"

Mias was about to interject with his clear displeasure of this information, but Berenos held up a hand to him to halt him.

"Does he still intend on taking her to the main estate?" Berenos asked calmly.

"I… I think so…" Abernos replied.

That was Mias' cue. He jumped back into Ares' saddle and rode off after Elias with Leadbury running at the horses' heels.

"A-Aren't we going with them?" Abernos asked.

"We'll catch up with them later," he grinned. "First we need to make our own plans."

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Elle continued to cradle her injured wrist to her chest as Elias lugged her through the forest over his shoulder. By now, the adrenaline was wearing off and the pain was steadily increasing along with the swelling. She contemplating turning tail, literally, but as mouse she'd need all four limbs to make an escape. A flimsy wrist crippled that option.

Elias' temper remained rather stoic, but the more Elle sniffled over the pain in her wrist, the more agitated he became with her. "Will you cease your sniveling?"

"You broke my wrist!" Elle snapped at his insensitivity.

"So? Women have a higher threshold for pain, do they not?"

"Maybe, but we also complain more about it."

Elias chuckled.

"It's not funny! If it doesn't heal properly, I'll…!"

Elias unexpectedly set her down.

"Wh-What are you doing?!" Elle demanded.

He grabbed her arm and yanked her injured wrist toward himself.

"S-Stop! I'll be quiet! Just don't…!"

He shoved his other hand over her mouth and began pressing his thumb down over her wrist.

Elle was convinced he was going to rip her entire hand off until the warm sensation of magic touched her wrist.

Elias set the wound into place and with a surge of his magic power, reattached her tendons.

The ironic pain in healing caused her to bite down hard on his hand. At first Elle assumed it was to keep her silent, but that didn't make sense considering how Elias enjoyed the sound of screaming. It was inconceivable to think he had done it to keep her from biting her own tongue… like… like he cared or something!

"Is that "properly" healed?"

Elle stared at him for a moment before testing the flexibility in her wrist. Good as new. She looked back up at him, completely bewildered by his act of… kindness. "Why would you…?"

"Your blubbering is annoying," he said simply before grinning manically. "Besides, it's fun to heal and break you over an over again."  

To mistake any of Elias' actions for kindness was fool's thinking, Elle determined as he flung her back over his shoulder. But why would psychopath like Elias have magic that felt… gentle? It puzzled her. His aura was threatening; evil but his magic wasn't. Maybe it was the endorphins released by her own body that confused her senses. That would make sense if she thought about it scientifically. Healing magic, like medicine, must release endorphins that dull the pain from both the injury and the process of healing. Yes, that had to be the case.

Elle eyed him cautiously, watching him lick the blood from his hand where she had bitten him. She couldn't grasp Elias' true intentions. Though he was Mias' twin, the way he expressed his emotions made him look quite different from his brother. His eyes were lifeless, like a doll's, where as Mias' dark pupils had a flare in them. Even Elias' mannerisms were slightly different. How he fixed a strand of hair that had fallen out of place or how held himself as he walked; all similar to Mias, yet different. Elias wasn't readable as a human being, and that unpredictability truly made him dangerous.

With her wrist healed, perhaps this was the opportunity to transform and run for it. Elle glanced around at her surroundings, wanting to make sure she could hide herself before Elias began throwing knives. Based on her location, she wasn't sure if she could slip under any brush quickly enough. She also had to take his magic into consideration. One wrong move and she might be killed.

"It's curious," Elias said as he fixed the teeth marks in his hand with a spell. "Why Mias brought a woman like you in the first place. You're not very voluptuous nor are you a woman with any standing. He considers himself quite the connoisseur of women you know."

"What does that have to do with anything?"

He shrugged. "Perhaps nothing, but I don't think he chose you on a whim, meaning that there must be something beneath what my eyes can see."

"And if there is something special about me compared to the others, you want it for yourself," Elle rolled her eyes.

"Correct," he rubbed his hand and stretched his fingers.

"Why?" Elle asked bravely.

"Why, what?"

"Why do you have to have what's his? What about what's yours?"

"I have nothing," Elias said darkly. "Even in the womb, he had more than I ever did. As proof, I was born smaller than he was. I was his leftovers; the parts he didn't need. I'm not foolish enough to think it was intentional at the time, but as we grew up it became clear that was the kind of man he was. He's a spoiled selfish brat and it's high time he finally fell from god's grace."

"…Really?" Elle raised an eyebrow. "That's your argument for trying to kill him?"

"Heh, do you want to pity me too?"

"No, I think you're both acting like spoiled selfish brats."

Elias' eyes widened slightly.

"How old are you two anyway? You sure don't act like men, let alone brothers. Who cares if Mias got all the power? I don't think that means you were left with nothing, you're just too blinded by jealously to see your own. You can't live life wanting what others have because you'll never be happy that way. If you kill Mias, then what? Will you really be satisfied? Will you keep harming others to fill what ever void you feel in your heart?"

"Heh, I have no heart," Elias chuckled.

"Th-That's utter bullshit!"

"Oh? And why's that?"

"To be able to hate means you were once able to love. The fact that you're so obsessed with your brother is proof how deeply you cared for him before what caused your falling out." Elle felt like she had passed some great epiphany provoking words onto Elias. All those years spent reading romance novels finally may have done some good.

"Hmm…" Elias scratched his chin in thought. "You know, you just might be right."

"I-I… I'm not an expert, but… yeah…" He was making her nervous with his lack of reaction.

"But who cares?" He grinned. "Even if I loved him once, I hate him now and I won't stop until I plunge my daggers into his heart. You ask if that will make me happy, well, I assure you ending another's life is the most sensual experience a person can experience."

Elle froze as Elias loomed over her. "It takes a great deal of intimacy to copulate, but the pleasure of taking a person's life into your hands is a thrill greater than words can describe. I'd be happy to show you~"

"You're disgusting…" Elle breathed.

Elias chuckled before bursting out into a dark laugh. "Yes! Indeed I am!"

He was scaring her, and she'd said enough to warrant losing her tongue. She'd have to risk it.

While Elias laughed, she hastily willed her body to transform and it obeyed. He stopped laughing as he saw her "vanish", leaving only her clothes at his feet. "WHAT?!"

Elle scampered out one of the sleeves and dove into the brush as fast as her little mouse legs could carry her.

Elias caught sight of her and tried to catch her with his hand, but he was a moment too slow to succeed and fell on the cold earth, outsmarted by a mouse. He grit his teeth in anger, but kept himself from throwing a tantrum for the time being.

"Two could play at this game," he hissed as tongue forked and his body slowly unwound into the form of a serpent. He was bound and determined to finish his hunt, and this time, the prey would not escape.
I'm trying... This isn't a full chapter yet. I try to make them at least 5 pages long in my word document. I have 2 so far... ^^' and writer's block is back somewhat... I'll keep trying to work on it, but I thought seeing as it's been a while, I'll submit what I have so far to see if any feedback I get helps free the writing muse sooner.

Edit: WOKE UP EARLY AND GOT IT DONE!! YAY!!!!!! :iconexcitedlaplz:

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Elias is a snake!! What a great, original twist!!! I love it!!!!