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I owed this to you a long time ago. Sorry about the wait! Yay, spring cleaning! :] +5


Ten clawed fingers twirled up into the dark onyx locks as Silas fastened the blue bandana there. As a youth, the fabric often found itself around his neck, but had been relocated in time to lay amongst the dark fringe of hair that fell into his eyes. Much like Rurik, Silas was almost always in Optime form, trading four legs for two in order to gain the dexterity of having both hands to work with. That wasn’t to say he had abandoned his other forms all together, but it was a rare occurrence to see the Agata boy on four legs. The wounds left behind from the Hydra had formed into thin pink scars, forever marking the boy’s initial venture into Inferni’s territory. It was strange how time had passed. It had been three months since his acceptance into the clan and so much had changed about him – both on the inside and out.

The war was still apparent outside and Silas had continued to serve the clan in ways he saw fit. He didn’t see much battle, as he preferred to help amongst his clan’s borders, but that wasn’t to say he hadn’t seen bloodshed. He had once again dipped his hands in wolf’s blood but by doing so had protected his clan. While Lily, Rurik, and Anatoliy were tucked safe away from the battle in Cours, Silas had come to see the clan as an extension to his family. He had to protect them just as he would any of the Russos.

He roamed the hallway of the second floor in the mansion, looking down over the railing into the living space below. Silas had claimed a room to himself upstairs facing the rear of the mansion and the dirtied window gave a view of the untamed garden growing outside. His fingers trailed the banister and upon pulling away, were caked in the dust of neglect. With nothing better to do that day, the young Agata figured the mansion could use some of his attention. The weather outside was looking nicer with each passing day and it was apparent D’Neville could use some spring cleaning.

Venturing back into his own room, Silas went straight towards the window. The glass was caked in dirt and had been cracked from some long past incident, but the boy was set on getting it opened. Grasping at the edges of the window frame, Silas heaved the glass pane upward, letting in some of the natural light and a bit of fresh air. From there, he turned and stared at the bobbles that had collected in his room. The Russian flag he had stolen from Halifax still hung proudly on his wall over his bed, and the youth grinned with pleasure as he walked by and back out into the hallway. Where to start, where to start…

He began by dragging boxes out of his room and into the hallway. There were lots of things in these that the Russian had no use for and they had only served to collect dust in the meantime. After pulling two card board boxes into the hall, Silas fell to his knees and began rummaging through them. They were both full of seemingly useless junk. Books that the boy didn’t know how to read, odd little figurines whose purpose evaded the Agata, and a few other things here and there. He paused for a moment, opening one of the books, careful not to damage the spine, and studied the foreign symbols. This was nothing like the Cyrillic alphabet and the Russian was sure it was in English, the tongue his father had worked hard to teach his children in order to prepare them for their trek here to Nova Scotia.



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The sound of footsteps was the first sign that she was not alone in the great mansion. The girl had not spent an awful lot of time here lately because of the conflict between Dahlia de Mai and Inferni. She had not planned to spend the night in her own bed, but here she was and she found that she had missed her soft bed fiercely. Ah, was she growing soft and spoiled? She grimaced at that thought. The bed was not in an amazing shape after human standards, but curled up on a soft mattress softened further by furs and quilts, no sleeping spots could be compared. It was a good bed for a snob, and Halo was arrogant as few, in truth. The light footsteps had barely roused the resting hybrid, but when other sounds started to break in through her bedroom door ruby eyes slowly opened and attempted to glare through the wall at the enemy of peace. She still thought the mansion hers and was often angered whenever people let their cannabis smoke seep into the hallway or made sounds when she wanted only silence.

She let a few minutes drag past before she decided that she would not be able to return to her peaceful slumber. What she could do was to get up and throw insults at whoever had started her day prematurely. It mattered little what time of the day it was, because Halo slept when she needed sleep, and wanted everyone to adjust to that. Once she had adjusted her usual outfit she opened the door soundlessly and danced out of her room on silent feet. Her sword was left behind for once; she never bothered to carry it around with her when she was home in the mansion. She had half expected it to be Cotl or his brother, in truth, and was surprised when she had to continue onwards towards Silas’ room. She had barely seen the Agata male since the pack meeting, and they had not spoken. The ruby eyed woman had even pondered if he had been actively avoiding her, as they never seemed to be in the large house at the same time. She had wanted to shout and bitch about ruined sleep, but she pushed that away for now and wished she had taken more time to groom her hair.

Was he tidying his room? She found it oddly amusing, and smiled as she leaned against the wall. ”Good book?” the girl asked as she watched. Personally she read little, but books had helped her start her sword training and how to repair a gun.

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Slowly, a few yellowed pages were turned and Silas was no more enlightened. The words eluded him and there was nothing there to be learned. Had Rurik or anyone else taken the time to teach Silas how to read in English, perhaps he would have taken a closer look. After all, the Russian was eager to learn. Since he had wandered away from the Russo complex in Russia, it seemed as if he had become less and less productive. He no longer had the ship to tend to everyday, and his aimless wandering through Inferni didn’t account for much. All that there was left to do was contribute to the war, and even that only amounted to so much in the boy’s life. He needed to find something to do, and the smell that lingered in the hall most often had got him curious. He had yet to venture and talk to the brothers who also resided in the house, and wondered if maybe he could trade a cigarette for one of the joints they most certainly had to be smoking.

He had barely noticed the Hydra approach as he flipped a few pages and found himself lost in his own thoughts. When he looked up to see Halo leaning against the wall, a small flare rose in his stomach. "Eh, somezhing like zhat." He snapped the book shut and set in aside on the floor, resting both palms on his thighs as he remained crouched by his boxes. He looked up to the ruby red, finding comfort in their scarce appearance in his life. "I just vant to get some of zhis junk out of mine room." He leaned forward, black hair falling into his face as he reached for the contents of the box. A picture frame holding some old, irrelevant certificate with its glass plate broken was accompanied by other old books and useless bobbles. "I don’t zhink I need any of zhis stuff," Silas told her with a slight chuckle. He looked up again to her, finding a light smile play upon his lips as he studied the features framed by the dark auburn hair. "Vant a look?" He asked, holding up another one of the books and wiggling it invitingly. Maybe there was something that had been left behind in these boxes that Halo would want for her own room. Either way, it was an excuse to keep her presence lingering there for a moment longer.



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What a stupid question to ask. She had always been the leading lady; working actively to control the situation and wrap her subjects around her little finger. She cursed her crimson eyed uncle silently in her mind, as she usually did. It was so easy to put all the blame on him for her lack of confidence, but he was the one that had forced her to change. She had lifted herself up again, but while her body was in top shape she had realized that her psyche could not follow all the way. She felt so much better than she had, but she still felt vulnerable. Especially around this boy and she wanted to blame someone. Was it right to blame him? She should have stayed in her room and ignored the sound of shuffling down the hallway. Books were junk to her – she had never taken care to read much except for the manuals for guns. She was not amazing at it and it went so slow. Unless they had pictures and images that could help her on her way then they were mostly judged worthless to her.

Her hand took the book he offered and she wondered what she was expected to do with it. She wanted to toss it down on the floor and walk away. Walking away from uncomfortable situations seemed to be her specialty these days. Why was she angry? Why didn’t she know what to do? This boy made her feel useless and silly. She wanted to shout and swear to prove a point, but she was quite certain he wouldn’t get it. Of course he wouldn’t; he had not done anything wrong. The fault lied with her, but she did not want to accept that. Did Silas like books? She did not like that the answer mattered to her. She took a quick look at the title, but found that she was not interested enough to try to understand it. She liked listening to stories, but she did not have the patience that was required to read stories by herself. For a moment she almost decided to pretend to be interested in the book in an attempt to impress him, but the moment she realized this she felt anger rise hot within her.

He had said that he didn’t need it. Her fingers loosened around the hard cover and she watched the book fall towards the floor and hit the wooden floor. She liked how the black hair fell down in his face. ”I don’t read books, really,” she muttered. What she could like was some nice cloth or human jewelery that she could transform into even prettier things. Yes, shallow Halo enjoyed the thought of making herself and others pretty. She crouched down beside him and started to rummage through the books in search of something less dull (he had asked if she wanted a look, right?). She let her gaze dive into the chest as well, trying to push away the odd effect his presence had on her.


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The book lifted from his grasp as Halo reached for it, and Silas let a warm smile play on his features. Hers, however, didn’t seem too inviting. In fact, she seemed as if she couldn’t be bothered by the book or the boxes of random crap he had drug into the hallway. Yet, she still loomed there, not retreating back into her room quite yet. And then, the book fell from her grasp and his cool gaze watched it as it clattered loudly to the floor. He stared at it for a moment, trying to read her action and find the meaning behind it. The book didn’t matter to him, but Silas felt hurt anyways. Maybe it was because he wanted Halo to be interested in what it was that he was doing, or maybe he just wanted a reason for her to stick around. Clearly his efforts to get her attention with this junk weren’t going to be enough. She just wasn’t interested.

But then, a glimmer of hope. Halo stooped from her full height and crouched down beside him, rummaging through the pile of junk. He couldn’t help but smile for a moment, before pushing it away. He didn’t want to seem too happy about it – didn’t want her to realize just yet. "Da, me either," he offered, referring to the book. He pushed some of the black hair from his eyes, but merely sat and watched as the Hydra went through the stuff. After a few moments he decided to ask, "Anyzhing good in zhere?" He was still trying to think of ways to keep Halo around and perhaps evolve their conversation into something more. He knew he needed to just get the nerves up to ask Halo to do something with him, but something about her made his brain go fuzzy when she was around. He couldn’t quite keep his cool as well as he normally could. Halo made Silas feel less than confident about himself – he just hoped he didn’t sound stupid.




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Their first meeting had seemed so promising, but now she was starting to have second thoughts. She was not accustomed to this new fragility that currently inhabited her body. She wanted to move her gaze from the chest and admire the warmth that so often played in the young male’s face, but she did not find the strength needed to do that. It was ridiculous, really. Perhaps there were interesting things there in the container, but her mind refused to cooperate with her and her attention trailed to the side where the male was crouched down next to her. His voice tickled her sensitive ear and comforted her with announcing that he was not overly interested in books either. Was he just chatting along for the sake of it though? She tried to escape the paranoia, but her mind was on a roll and could offer no sanctuary.

He asked a question and the girl felt rushed as she scuffled through the index of the chest. Was there anything good? What if she couldn’t find anything? Would the air grow so tense that she would have to leave? Teeth grinded together as she felt the uncomfortable feeling of some kind of stress pat her back. She could not decipher what was going on with her emotions and it seemed to affect her negatively. Perhaps it steam that needed to be released, but she did not wish to get one of her odd outbursts here together with this male. The girl sought control; needed to make sense of this. She was still ruined inside by her uncle’s actions, so everything emotional and strange brought fear into her core—destroying everything.

Before she realized the change, her eyes were set on his face again. Most of the male canines usually told her that she was beautiful. Silas had never said such a thing. Why not? Lately it had made her somewhat uncomfortable when her appearance was brought up, but at least it was a sign that they liked her. War and other things had separated Halo and Silas' roads and she had barely seen him at all. Perhaps it was true that he had avoided her. She did not want to believe that, but a damaged mind was always quick to jump to conclusions. There was a soft ache in her chest, but she could not make any sense of it. Her eyes seemed to be searching for something in his, but she did not know what she was looking for. ”Lots of books here,” she mumbled truthfully, wondering if that could serve as an answer for now.

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My apologies on the wait! <3 +3


In silence he waited, feeling awkward and out of place even though they were both in the one place they called home. As she sorted through the things inside the chest, Silas nervously brushed his dark hair from his eyes, somehow feeling that her judgment placed on the items inside were also placed on him. Would he pass? Her ruby eyes found his again and Silas wasn’t sure just what to say, so he said nothing. Instead, he took in her beauty, feeling vulnerable and too confused to offer her anything in the way of conversation. But finally her soft voice broke the silence, and a black ear flicked as it caught the sound.

"Da, eets mostly just junk," Silas managed to say in response. He took a deep breath, finding comfort as his lungs inflated to fill his chest, before he let his breath seep from his nose. He took the book from the floor where it had fallen from Halo’s grasp and Silas tossed it into the chest, dismissing Halo from looking at the odds and ends. She didn’t seem interested and Silas, as much as he wanted her there, didn’t want to keep her hanging around looking at things she didn’t care about. He rose to his full height, once again brushing the black hair from his face and shrugged. "Figured eet was a good time to get zhis stuff outta here. Maybe clean out mine room." He wanted to find a way to include her in this and keep her from wandering back to her room, but Silas failed to find a way to do this. He was letting his chance at conversation slip away and he wasn’t sure how to save it. Leaning into the doorway, Silas regained a bit of stability and confidence. "Vhat’re you up to today?" He asked, hoping this would buy him some time to regain his head.


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