send a broken heart for angst meme + @destinyhunted
46. your muse commits murder to save mine
Hands, shaking, they backed up against the wall with a quiet breath shared between them. This was madness, but what wasnât that lately, with the world all but in flames around them, sometimes, literally. Nick holding up at her arm, even as she stumbled, looking at him with a flushed face and wondering when sheâd missed the signs, that he was something more than human behind it all. It now made sense, his distaste for people, the arms length in which he treated all souls around him .Because how else could he manage to keep something like this a secret, her heart in her throat as the man what had been giving them chase rounded the corner to cut them off, another, behind them to leave them⌠pinned.
Reaching out to hold his hand, Toni meeting his gaze for a moment. âIf you have to leave me to get out of this, do it.â a certain hard edge to the tone of her voice, wanting him to live because he deserved that. Knowing it was her fault that he found himself exposed, his powers used to save her but⌠it was enough to allow those hunting after him to find out where he was, what he was doing. The both of them exiting his house that morning as if nothing were remiss, save the long conversation theyâd had, in which⌠she could live with him, the powers, the subtle lies told over the year to protect himself, sheâd understood it all, until this.
Breathing low, slow, eyes darting between the two men as they drew closer, more alarmed when guns were drawn. Whether they intended to use them or not, did it matter. Looking to Nick for that brief, bare second, smiling faintly, âGo.â never expecting to see them both twist and turn suddenly, twitching as they fell to the ground, sudden and cold. The sudden slackness in their figures telling her that she knew what she dared not give word to, that they were dead, in cold blood, Nick all but collapsing at her side with the effort it had taken to drive them to insanity and to the edge of hell. Gasping as she held onto him, shaking him with a fierceness. âNick? NICK! We gotta get out of here, weâŚâÂ
This was murder, and they were being hunted. Now wasnât the time for her fear, her thickened tongue tripping on words. Heâd done what heâd needed to to protect them⌠and now, she needed to do the same for him.