Chapter 2: Serena's choice
"Stanton." Serena said, worried one of the daughters would find her talking to him, or try to hurt him. "I had to see you again, we need to talk," "well I can't, I don't have time, I'm late for cello lessons! Maybe later?" Serena was pointedly looking at her moon amulet and then into his eyes which on certain nights glowed yellow to show his allegiance to the atrox. He took the hint, and knew she was trying to say it would never work between them. She knew Stanton liked her, and also knew that they were sworn enemies, they could not become attached to each other, one of these days they would be forced to really try and destroy each other, Stanton didn't know if he could do it, in fact he found himself thinking he couldn't. Stanton looked at Serena and he remembered what she had just told him, his heart broke because of course she was right.how could sworn enemies be lovers? It was impossible unless she became a follower or he abandoned the atrox, both seemed quite unlikely to happen. "Serena.." Stanton said quietly, "Can we please talk? Maybe just for a minute?" Serena looked into his eyes and then realized what a huge mistake she had made, he could trap her now, only he didn't, but his eyes held hers.truth was she liked him too, but knew they could never be together.. so she hadn't thought about it, or rather had made herself not think about it. "Stanton I really have to go!" she felt the shadows watching her and ran away. Stanton started running after her but stopped because the shadows had been watching him and he in his nervousness hadn't noticed. They knew he liked Serena, and she was a goddess, that was as good as treason to the atrox. They dragged Stanton to an alley and there Zahi the other lead follower was waiting. Zahi took Stanton and whispered "We know your secret, thought you could date a goddess and get away with it? That would be a no no." Zahi dragged Stanton to the atrox, and he sentenced Stanton in the fire. The fire was a fire that would burn his immortality away, and leave him powerless, and mortal. Stanton fought, he had never really wanted to be a follower and Vanessa had tried to save him, so he never had understood why he never wanted to go against the atrox, or why he was fighting so madly right now to stay with the atrox, but none the less he fought on. They slowly approached the fire and Zahi smirked at Stanton as if to say you lost, I won! His eyes bore into Stanton like knives. Stanton became enraged and tried to attack Zahi but was held back by Zahi's loyal followers. Stanton was roughly grabbed in the back and thrown in the fire. He felt burning inside of himself. He tried to scream but couldn't, and slowly his immortality swept away. Then another thought struck Stanton, he had lived in the fourteenth century, without immortality he would be dead right now, with his immortality taken away from him would he survive and live out the rest of his life as a mortal, or would he die?
"Stanton." Serena said, worried one of the daughters would find her talking to him, or try to hurt him. "I had to see you again, we need to talk," "well I can't, I don't have time, I'm late for cello lessons! Maybe later?" Serena was pointedly looking at her moon amulet and then into his eyes which on certain nights glowed yellow to show his allegiance to the atrox. He took the hint, and knew she was trying to say it would never work between them. She knew Stanton liked her, and also knew that they were sworn enemies, they could not become attached to each other, one of these days they would be forced to really try and destroy each other, Stanton didn't know if he could do it, in fact he found himself thinking he couldn't. Stanton looked at Serena and he remembered what she had just told him, his heart broke because of course she was right.how could sworn enemies be lovers? It was impossible unless she became a follower or he abandoned the atrox, both seemed quite unlikely to happen. "Serena.." Stanton said quietly, "Can we please talk? Maybe just for a minute?" Serena looked into his eyes and then realized what a huge mistake she had made, he could trap her now, only he didn't, but his eyes held hers.truth was she liked him too, but knew they could never be together.. so she hadn't thought about it, or rather had made herself not think about it. "Stanton I really have to go!" she felt the shadows watching her and ran away. Stanton started running after her but stopped because the shadows had been watching him and he in his nervousness hadn't noticed. They knew he liked Serena, and she was a goddess, that was as good as treason to the atrox. They dragged Stanton to an alley and there Zahi the other lead follower was waiting. Zahi took Stanton and whispered "We know your secret, thought you could date a goddess and get away with it? That would be a no no." Zahi dragged Stanton to the atrox, and he sentenced Stanton in the fire. The fire was a fire that would burn his immortality away, and leave him powerless, and mortal. Stanton fought, he had never really wanted to be a follower and Vanessa had tried to save him, so he never had understood why he never wanted to go against the atrox, or why he was fighting so madly right now to stay with the atrox, but none the less he fought on. They slowly approached the fire and Zahi smirked at Stanton as if to say you lost, I won! His eyes bore into Stanton like knives. Stanton became enraged and tried to attack Zahi but was held back by Zahi's loyal followers. Stanton was roughly grabbed in the back and thrown in the fire. He felt burning inside of himself. He tried to scream but couldn't, and slowly his immortality swept away. Then another thought struck Stanton, he had lived in the fourteenth century, without immortality he would be dead right now, with his immortality taken away from him would he survive and live out the rest of his life as a mortal, or would he die?