Hellbound Heart

"Alex..." Abigail's words trailed off as her eyes still scanned the place where she had seen Elle last. After a couple more seconds, she then sighed heavily before leaning in on her husband once Caelian followed after Elle into the forest. "You're not seriously planning on pushing Elle to the edge, are you?"

Though her words came out as a question, the look in her eyes already seemed to understand that Alexander was planning to do just that.

Alexander pulled at her, wrapping his arm around her waist before he too, sighed heavily. He then planted a gentle and doting kiss on his wife's head. "I know you're concerned and worried about her, Abi. But this is a necessary thing that she needs to go through. We need to finally find out what she really is now. The feud between Sebastian and Elijah is getting really serious. And I'm worried that no one is able to solve and end this problem but Sebastian and Elle themselves. Elijah had made a threat that caused us not to be able to participate in their feud, at least, openly. That little punk said he's going to create unrest by starting to spread some subtle information about the vampires and witches' existence if we keep getting in his way. He is playing his cards so skillfully. You know we can only abide at least outwardly, to his rules right now for the sake of peace." Alexander explained to Abi clearly, wanting her to understand why he was pushing Elle so hard.

The tinge of annoyed and pissed off expression on Alex's face was enough for Abi to know just how much her husband was trying to calm himself. He had been like this for a long while now since they had learned of Elijah's agenda.

Alex was not a fan of this type of 'games' as he called it. Elijah was truly clever. He knew he would never stand a chance if it was a literal war so he elaborately orchestrated a plan that would effectively restrain the powerful ones by holding their whole country and in fact using the peace as a hostage.

All of them had not seen this coming. They had tried to counter this problem but it was as though Elijah had already anticipated every possible danger to his plan and already had prepared a counter for it. He was just too sneaky and used some very underhanded methods to force them into inaction.

"That little bastard is really pissing me off. He's making me feel like I'm against another Zeke and it's damned annoying because I hate playing all these mind games without any physical battles. I wished I could rush over and just use the old fashioned way of beating him with my fists to settle this mess." Alex said in a quiet voice. "He's really lucky this is not the old, ancient times, else his head would have long been separated from his body."

Shaking his head, he sighed. "This is why these modern technologies are dangerous for us..." Alex trailed off as his brow lifted a little upon seeing the way his wife was looking at him. "What's with that look, wifey?"

Abi's lips lifted a little. "I'm just glad you're still calm despite being so pissed off like this. Your tone don't even sound like something is annoying you at all." She teased her husband before poking a finger between his brows.

Alex threw his head back and sighed heavily again. His voice now turned loud. "I guess, dealing with those officials and all these modern government related stuff forced me to be like this. Dear lord... I'm really not cut out for this... I can't believe Zeke's been dealing with all these annoying matters for so long and even looked like he was enjoying it. He really better come back soon before I explode and settle things according to my way."

"Please tell your husband to hold on, Abi." Alicia piped in. "The world will burn and leave nothing but ashes if he ever ends up losing his calm and explodes."

"Don't worry, Alicia. I won't ever allow that to happen." Abi replied playfully though a serious gleam flashed across her eyes. "Right, Alex?" that two words held a wealth of meaning behind it.

"Well, I am now a peace advocate since I am now a father... So I guess, there's nothing I can do but stay calm and hold on." His mischievous grin soon faded as he looked at the dark part of the forest Elle had entered earlier. "However, it doesn't mean we're just going to sit back and do nothing. I still believe Elle will be one of the key factors if not the only key for this problem to truly and finally end. That's why we must do everything that must be done now to prepare her for any possibilities that might occur in the near future."

Abi's expression also turned serious.

Elle's situation was actually very complicated. They all knew that she was not just human. However, none of them was certain what race she could be or what could be the other part of her. They all have their own theories, but they were all just theories and speculation until now.

And one of tthe hardest part was actually deciding whether to tell her anything or not, and whether to force her to reveal more of herself or not. They do not know what exactly will happen, what exactly will she reveal. It was worrying. In fact, Abi was a bit scared for her dear Elle.

She had been tempted to say something to Elle for a long while now but her talk with Alicia about Elle had made her hesitate and decided to listen to Alex in the end. That was the reason she swallowed her words and had just given useful reminders to Elle before the second exercise.

"Alright. It's my turn to move out now." Alex then said.

Abi could only nod at her husband, her facial expression not hiding at all how worried she still was for Elle before she watched Alex enter the dark forest.