Chapter 106: Questions & Accusations (1)
Feeling the metallic coldness of the blade against his chin, Elijah was deliberately giving him the impression that made him feel like a loser, someone who was incapable of striking back, and his gaze visibly darkened with a shady glint. He hated the idea of Elijah addressing him to be a weak human, and no weak human would ever settle with the idea of becoming one of these parasites without thinking of the odds.
"You can’t judge me without knowing me first, by that I mean - you have to know every detail about me." His tone was low and husky, but it spoke volumes that instantly piqued Elijah’s interest once again. "Then tell me, human, what part of you am I missing?"
"The little part that screams blood."
"Huh?" Unable to grasp the meaning, he watched as the young lad’s eyes went from their Amber-brown shades to a blood-thirsty red - so red that Elijah felt he was staring directly into a molten lava, and the young lad’s lips curved into a cynical smile. "Your little test worked."
Unknown to Elijah, this was only a distraction to get his attention side-tracked, and that gave Cassian the opportunity to back away from the sword, and before Elijah could react by swinging his sword at him, Cassian had moved past him with an unpredictable speed, his sharp nails cutting through Elijah’s shirt and meeting his skin, further clawing him in his abdomen and making him bleed instantly.
With their backs against each other, the two men remained unmoving. The whistles of the wind were what kept the silence company, and the tension in the air felt solid.
Awestruck, Elijah froze in his spot as the tearing pain coursed through his skin, and he impulsively placed a hand to his injured abdomen as though it was the first time someone ever succeeded in making him bleed.
Turning around to look at the young lad, his red eyes glinted under the moonlight, and he appeared shock-stricken as he stared at his elongated nails, completely dazed by the sight of it, and then his glinting red eyes returned to Elijah who was still mortified by Cassian’s transformation.
"It worked?" Elijah couldn’t believe it, and he shook his head as if in denial. "But how is that possible? There’s still traces of human blood running through your veins, I can smell it....but you’re ...." He eyed the young lad from head to toe, unsure of if he should be glad or alarmed by the strange progress.