Chapter 313
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After Kieran and Lily left together, Blanche and Alec moved around together.
Mainly because Blanche complained that she hadn't seen her little brother for such a long time and didn't want to let him go around without her. Alec gave in because he did have a tiny, *tiny* soft spot for Blanche.
As for the other reason? Well, to be honest, Alec didn't want to be left alone when Lucielle Hartknight was still chasing after him, and he couldn't be bothered to keep fending her off.
Since she mostly seemed to leave him alone when he was with other people, he didn't want to give her any ideas that she was free to approach him either.
As long as she stayed *away* from him, he couldn't even be bothered to give a fuck right now.
Somehow, it just seemed to trivial after he watched Lily die in front of his eyes. It was not the first time he'd tasted how helpless he was, but it was the first time someone of *his* had died, so he could be forgiven.
It made him want to grab Ely- Alec's mind dropped the thought for him willingly.
So, Lucielle was still stalkin- following him from a distance. It surprised him more that Blanche didn't see anything wrong with that.
When he asked why, she just shrugged, leaving Alec confused.
Was it some Sin instinct to stalk something that caught their attention? But Lucielle Hartknight was a Bright! Wasn't she??
With an inward sigh, Alec waved it off. He couldn't be bothered to think about the reasons why she was acting so uncharacteristic of her Societype right now.
Besides those two reasons, Alec had no intention of catching up with the rest of his group for now, treating it as a little vacation away from the chaos. A man needed some downtime.
No doubt that they were in the middle of whatever chaos they were attracting just by existing.
He would find them later on.
He was a lot safer with just Blanche, who wasn't a Main Character.
Also, he was still looking for that wayward friend of his who had just upped and vanished like he was within his rights to do so.
The two made their way into a nearby city, Ruthven, raiding various bookshops throughout the city and generally just taking the time to relax and play around.
Alec munched on his apple-flavoured meat, looking around.
This city was clean, and the streets were devoid of any trash at all, causing Alec to raise his brows.
He'd never seen such a clean city before, and the people were friendly to visitors from afar.
He'd seen more than one citizen stop and help people who were visibly lost, and someone even gave him this meat skewer.
Of course, Alec had no problem eating it after checking that it was fine.
This place almost felt unreal. The people here were so nice that it almost felt like there was something wrong with them.
He was wandering to the next bookshop on the map stop when his brows shot up.
He saw a rather familiar face that he'd ditched a few towns back.
The young master Travis of the Ross Clan was walking around alone. Hm, wait. No. He wasn't as alone as he thought. He could feel one of the teen's bed partners nearby.
Both of their eyes met at around the same time, and Travis's face visibly flushed with rage when he caught sight of him.
Then, his face paled a little and he looked around as if checking whether or not anyone saw his reaction.
Alec tilted his head, confused at the apparent reaction the teen was having. He was a little bemused by the reaction the other teen was having to him, wondering what his problem was.
With how… busy the young master of the Ross Clan found himself, he shouldn't have any time to think about any extraneous thoughts at all. Especially since he was apparently still shacking up with the three men.
There were still marks on him that suggested that the physical relationship with them had continued.
That was how Alec set it up, but he was still a little surprised by how it worked out. He half expected for the Ross Clan to come after them after a few days passed, but it was Lucielle's family that had come after them instead.
Well, he couldn't really be bothered with this young master at this time. He'd already given him a chance, and Alec didn't do second chances.
However, if he was still going to court death, then… well. Alec would be sure to grant it to him.
But right now, Alec had already washed his hands of him.
Since the other was still a teenager, Alec was a little more lenient to him than to say, an adult. Because no matter how a teenager thought they were old enough and mature enough, the truth was, they hadn't even seen a fraction of what the world had to offer yet.
They were still allowed to make mistakes, but only if they weren't of the fatal kind.
So, yes, Alec had given him a second chance – what happened after Alec washed his hands of him was of no matter to the System.
Travis stalked up to him and looked like he was about to lose his temper, only for him to immediately pale when someone bumped into his shoulder.
He fearfully looked back, only to calm down when he realized that it wasn't them.
Alec's eyes narrowed at his reaction.
…Don't tell him that it wasn't as consensual as he thought?
Alec had assumed that the young master of the Ross Clan would have been able to get rid of them if he ever wanted to do so, but the way that the teen was reacting now stunk of abuse.
"Hey!" Travis said to Alec, glaring at him. There was a depth of burning anger and resentment to his gaze, as if he was blaming Alec for getting him in the situation that he was currently in.
And, truth to be told, Alec was indeed the one that was responsible for the way that things had went down, but he liked to practice exact retribution, so if the young master had never done those things in the first place, nothing would have happened to him.
More than that, it made his blood boil when he thought about how this teen would have drugged Elysia – one of his Spectres – *his*, to have his way with her.
However, before Alec could respond, one of Travis' henchmen appeared from somewhere, slinging his arm around Travis' shoulders.
Travis instantly flinched, but he turned meek eyes towards Joe, his eyes shaking.
He was trembling minutely, and it wasn't missed by Joe, who grinned maliciously at his reaction.
Alec's eyes narrowed further.
Abuse… of the sexual kind? Or more? He resisted the urge to frown.
Alec tilted his head a little, and it caught Joe's attention.
"Hey, baby," Joe said, and it sounded so disgustingly slimy in Alec's ears that he felt as if his ears were contaminated by filth. "Who's your friend?"
Then, Joe's eyes lit up as he remembered where he'd seen Alec before. How could he have forgotten about this delectable morsel right here? They hadn't been able to find him and his little friends after they had their fun with Travis, so they'd given up.
Alec felt dirty just seeing the man's look. Why did he seem to be running into these people so much lately?
First it was them, then it was the 'guards' back where they were kidnapping people. Did that make any sense at all?
Sure, this world didn't put as much stock into genders since Chers existed here, but why were they all attracted to Alec?
"Your friend?" Alec asked Travis, completely ignoring Joe.
Joe's face turned ugly.
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After Kieran and Lily left together, Blanche and Alec moved around together.
Mainly because Blanche complained that she hadn't seen her little brother for such a long time and didn't want to let him go around without her. Alec gave in because he did have a tiny, *tiny* soft spot for Blanche.
As for the other reason? Well, to be honest, Alec didn't want to be left alone when Lucielle Hartknight was still chasing after him, and he couldn't be bothered to keep fending her off.
Since she mostly seemed to leave him alone when he was with other people, he didn't want to give her any ideas that she was free to approach him either.
As long as she stayed *away* from him, he couldn't even be bothered to give a fuck right now.
Somehow, it just seemed to trivial after he watched Lily die in front of his eyes. It was not the first time he'd tasted how helpless he was, but it was the first time someone of *his* had died, so he could be forgiven.
It made him want to grab Ely- Alec's mind dropped the thought for him willingly.
So, Lucielle was still stalkin- following him from a distance. It surprised him more that Blanche didn't see anything wrong with that.
When he asked why, she just shrugged, leaving Alec confused.
Was it some Sin instinct to stalk something that caught their attention? But Lucielle Hartknight was a Bright! Wasn't she??
With an inward sigh, Alec waved it off. He couldn't be bothered to think about the reasons why she was acting so uncharacteristic of her Societype right now.
Besides those two reasons, Alec had no intention of catching up with the rest of his group for now, treating it as a little vacation away from the chaos. A man needed some downtime.
No doubt that they were in the middle of whatever chaos they were attracting just by existing.
He would find them later on.
He was a lot safer with just Blanche, who wasn't a Main Character.
Also, he was still looking for that wayward friend of his who had just upped and vanished like he was within his rights to do so.
The two made their way into a nearby city, Ruthven, raiding various bookshops throughout the city and generally just taking the time to relax and play around.
Alec munched on his apple-flavoured meat, looking around.
This city was clean, and the streets were devoid of any trash at all, causing Alec to raise his brows.
He'd never seen such a clean city before, and the people were friendly to visitors from afar.
He'd seen more than one citizen stop and help people who were visibly lost, and someone even gave him this meat skewer.
Of course, Alec had no problem eating it after checking that it was fine.
This place almost felt unreal. The people here were so nice that it almost felt like there was something wrong with them.
He was wandering to the next bookshop on the map stop when his brows shot up.
He saw a rather familiar face that he'd ditched a few towns back.
The young master Travis of the Ross Clan was walking around alone. Hm, wait. No. He wasn't as alone as he thought. He could feel one of the teen's bed partners nearby.
Both of their eyes met at around the same time, and Travis's face visibly flushed with rage when he caught sight of him.
Then, his face paled a little and he looked around as if checking whether or not anyone saw his reaction.
Alec tilted his head, confused at the apparent reaction the teen was having. He was a little bemused by the reaction the other teen was having to him, wondering what his problem was.
With how… busy the young master of the Ross Clan found himself, he shouldn't have any time to think about any extraneous thoughts at all. Especially since he was apparently still shacking up with the three men.
There were still marks on him that suggested that the physical relationship with them had continued.
That was how Alec set it up, but he was still a little surprised by how it worked out. He half expected for the Ross Clan to come after them after a few days passed, but it was Lucielle's family that had come after them instead.
Well, he couldn't really be bothered with this young master at this time. He'd already given him a chance, and Alec didn't do second chances.
However, if he was still going to court death, then… well. Alec would be sure to grant it to him.
But right now, Alec had already washed his hands of him.
Since the other was still a teenager, Alec was a little more lenient to him than to say, an adult. Because no matter how a teenager thought they were old enough and mature enough, the truth was, they hadn't even seen a fraction of what the world had to offer yet.
They were still allowed to make mistakes, but only if they weren't of the fatal kind.
So, yes, Alec had given him a second chance – what happened after Alec washed his hands of him was of no matter to the System.
Travis stalked up to him and looked like he was about to lose his temper, only for him to immediately pale when someone bumped into his shoulder.
He fearfully looked back, only to calm down when he realized that it wasn't them.
Alec's eyes narrowed at his reaction.
…Don't tell him that it wasn't as consensual as he thought?
Alec had assumed that the young master of the Ross Clan would have been able to get rid of them if he ever wanted to do so, but the way that the teen was reacting now stunk of abuse.
"Hey!" Travis said to Alec, glaring at him. There was a depth of burning anger and resentment to his gaze, as if he was blaming Alec for getting him in the situation that he was currently in.
And, truth to be told, Alec was indeed the one that was responsible for the way that things had went down, but he liked to practice exact retribution, so if the young master had never done those things in the first place, nothing would have happened to him.
More than that, it made his blood boil when he thought about how this teen would have drugged Elysia – one of his Spectres – *his*, to have his way with her.
However, before Alec could respond, one of Travis' henchmen appeared from somewhere, slinging his arm around Travis' shoulders.
Travis instantly flinched, but he turned meek eyes towards Joe, his eyes shaking.
He was trembling minutely, and it wasn't missed by Joe, who grinned maliciously at his reaction.
Alec's eyes narrowed further.
Abuse… of the sexual kind? Or more? He resisted the urge to frown.
Alec tilted his head a little, and it caught Joe's attention.
"Hey, baby," Joe said, and it sounded so disgustingly slimy in Alec's ears that he felt as if his ears were contaminated by filth. "Who's your friend?"
Then, Joe's eyes lit up as he remembered where he'd seen Alec before. How could he have forgotten about this delectable morsel right here? They hadn't been able to find him and his little friends after they had their fun with Travis, so they'd given up.
Alec felt dirty just seeing the man's look. Why did he seem to be running into these people so much lately?
First it was them, then it was the 'guards' back where they were kidnapping people. Did that make any sense at all?
Sure, this world didn't put as much stock into genders since Chers existed here, but why were they all attracted to Alec?
"Your friend?" Alec asked Travis, completely ignoring Joe.
Joe's face turned ugly.
After Kieran and Lily left together, Blanche and Alec moved around together.Mainly because Blanche complained that she hadn't seen her little brother for such a long time and didn't want to let him go around without her. Alec gave in because he did have a tiny, *tiny* soft spot for Blanche.As for the other reason? Well, to be honest, Alec didn't want to be left alone when Lucielle Hartknight was still chasing after him, and he couldn't be bothered to keep fending her off.Since she mostly seemed to leave him alone when he was with other people, he didn't want to give her any ideas that she was free to approach him either.As long as she stayed *away* from him, he couldn't even be bothered to give a fuck right now.Somehow, it just seemed to trivial after he watched Lily die in front of his eyes. It was not the first time he'd tasted how helpless he was, but it was the first time someone of *his* had died, so he could be forgiven.It made him want to grab Ely- Alec's mind dropped the thought for him willingly.So, Lucielle was still stalkin- following him from a distance. It surprised him more that Blanche didn't see anything wrong with that.When he asked why, she just shrugged, leaving Alec confused.Was it some Sin instinct to stalk something that caught their attention? But Lucielle Hartknight was a Bright! Wasn't she??With an inward sigh, Alec waved it off. He couldn't be bothered to think about the reasons why she was acting so uncharacteristic of her Societype right now.Besides those two reasons, Alec had no intention of catching up with the rest of his group for now, treating it as a little vacation away from the chaos. A man needed some downtime.No doubt that they were in the middle of whatever chaos they were attracting just by existing.He would find them later on.He was a lot safer with just Blanche, who wasn't a Main Character.Also, he was still looking for that wayward friend of his who had just upped and vanished like he was within his rights to do so.The two made their way into a nearby city, Ruthven, raiding various bookshops throughout the city and generally just taking the time to relax and play around.Alec munched on his apple-flavoured meat, looking around.This city was clean, and the streets were devoid of any trash at all, causing Alec to raise his brows.He'd never seen such a clean city before, and the people were friendly to visitors from afar.He'd seen more than one citizen stop and help people who were visibly lost, and someone even gave him this meat skewer.Of course, Alec had no problem eating it after checking that it was fine.This place almost felt unreal. The people here were so nice that it almost felt like there was something wrong with them.He was wandering to the next bookshop on the map stop when his brows shot up.He saw a rather familiar face that he'd ditched a few towns back.The young master Travis of the Ross Clan was walking around alone. Hm, wait. No. He wasn't as alone as he thought. He could feel one of the teen's bed partners nearby.Both of their eyes met at around the same time, and Travis's face visibly flushed with rage when he caught sight of him.Then, his face paled a little and he looked around as if checking whether or not anyone saw his reaction.Alec tilted his head, confused at the apparent reaction the teen was having. He was a little bemused by the reaction the other teen was having to him, wondering what his problem was.With how busy the young master of the Ross Clan found himself, he shouldn't have any time to think about any extraneous thoughts at all. Especially since he was apparently still shacking up with the three men.There were still marks on him that suggested that the physical relationship with them had continued.That was how Alec set it up, but he was still a little surprised by how it worked out. He half expected for the Ross Clan to come after them after a few days passed, but it was Lucielle's family that had come after them instead.Well, he couldn't really be bothered with this young master at this time. He'd already given him a chance, and Alec didn't do second chances.However, if he was still going to court death, then well. Alec would be sure to grant it to him.But right now, Alec had already washed his hands of him.Since the other was still a teenager, Alec was a little more lenient to him than to say, an adult. Because no matter how a teenager thought they were old enough and mature enough, the truth was, they hadn't even seen a fraction of what the world had to offer yet.They were still allowed to make mistakes, but only if they weren't of the fatal kind.So, yes, Alec had given him a second chance what happened after Alec washed his hands of him was of no matter to the System.Travis stalked up to him and looked like he was about to lose his temper, only for him to immediately pale when someone bumped into his shoulder.He fearfully looked back, only to calm down when he realized that it wasn't them.Alec's eyes narrowed at his reaction.Don't tell him that it wasn't as consensual as he thought?Alec had assumed that the young master of the Ross Clan would have been able to get rid of them if he ever wanted to do so, but the way that the teen was reacting now stunk of abuse."Hey!" Travis said to Alec, glaring at him. There was a depth of burning anger and resentment to his gaze, as if he was blaming Alec for getting him in the situation that he was currently in.And, truth to be told, Alec was indeed the one that was responsible for the way that things had went down, but he liked to practice exact retribution, so if the young master had never done those things in the first place, nothing would have happened to him.More than that, it made his blood boil when he thought about how this teen would have drugged Elysia one of his Spectres *his*, to have his way with her.However, before Alec could respond, one of Travis' henchmen appeared from somewhere, slinging his arm around Travis' shoulders.Travis instantly flinched, but he turned meek eyes towards Joe, his eyes shaking.He was trembling minutely, and it wasn't missed by Joe, who grinned maliciously at his reaction.Alec's eyes narrowed further.Abuse of the sexual kind? Or more? He resisted the urge to frown.Alec tilted his head a little, and it caught Joe's attention."Hey, baby," Joe said, and it sounded so disgustingly slimy in Alec's ears that he felt as if his ears were contaminated by filth. "Who's your friend?"Then, Joe's eyes lit up as he remembered where he'd seen Alec before. How could he have forgotten about this delectable morsel right here? They hadn't been able to find him and his little friends after they had their fun with Travis, so they'd given up.Alec felt dirty just seeing the man's look. Why did he seem to be running into these people so much lately?First it was them, then it was the 'guards' back where they were kidnapping people. Did that make any sense at all?Sure, this world didn't put as much stock into genders since Chers existed here, but why were they all attracted to Alec?"Your friend?" Alec asked Travis, completely ignoring Joe.Joe's face turned ugly.
