Elian's Story (2)

"I got better the minute we agreed to do his bidding. Elijah felt thankful, he was critically close to the point of breaking down when he thought I was going to die, only to be saved at the last minute, but I felt anything but thankful since I knew we'd be getting ourselves into deeper trouble. It felt like we had made a deal with the devil"

He rose from his seat when it became uncomfortable to keep sitting on it, and he walked up to his window, staring out with his gaze distant.