She was such a peculiar thing.

Laying on the bed side by side , staring at each other . .Elias felt giddy with want. And peace and everything that felt like a blessing.  He gazed at her lovingly , affectionately for he knew what he found was as rare as the gems of the world.

"You're a vampire and I'm not suppose to touch you until you sort this mess out." She repeated for the—he had lost the count actually.

Elias sighed softly and looked away . .at the ceiling made of pure wood and the delicate carving on it reminding him of home.

"Yes. I can't lie to give you false hopes of eternity. This is what it is." His voice mellowed down with a pinch of anguish and involuntarily , she moved!

Her hand didn't obey her but heart as she stretched it out to console her lover but Elias was fast and sharp enough to block it by zapping to the corner of the room . . .her hand held nothing but air.

Standing in the corner , leaning against the wall . .his eyes laddened up with desire and want for the woman laying on his bed , the soft co tours of her body made him want to burn himself alive . .she didn't get up . .but her ocean eyes held him a prisoner.

Elias swallowed hard.

The vein on his forehead popping out to reveal his inner battle. He fisted his hands by his sides , the smouldering eyes touching every inch of her.

"I want to make love to you. Evangeline."

Eva smiled and changed her position a she rose a little over her elbows , smirking at him. It was rather funny and alluring at seeing the beautiful man declaring his want for her.

"What's stopping you then?" She asked with an innocent tint to her voice.

Elias tried to calm down his fiery nerves and slipped a hand in his pant's pocket. 

"My fear."

"Love knows no fear , darling."

"It should. The consequences might kill in our case." He chuckled in a bitter manner.

The teasing went out of her eyes and a sadness like no other he had seen filled them up , instantly making him regret his words.

"Evangeline. .," His throaty voice seemed strangled with pent up emotion.

Quietly , she slipped out of the bed , her uniform all wrinkled up and her hair coveri her back like a mighty waterfall .

He watched her warily , she was trying his patience with that bed hair.

She moved towards him and a helpless Elias found her standing in front of her at distance of mere inches.

"You can't look at me like this. It makes me want to leave." He whispered , raising his hand in a bid to cup her face but his hand stayed away from her skin.

"Leave me?" Hurt filled her voice.

Elias smiled , she always made it a point to repeat his wordings.

"Yes because I feel guilty. . guilty of not giving you a proper life. A relationship. You're in relation with a ghost." He mused.

She looked down , her lashed framed her eyes , hiding her emotions from him.

"I wouldn't want it any other other." She whispered softly , the lull to her voice stirring his want again.

And Elias broke apart.

The emotions in him rid up to his throat , to his mouth , to his nose and then his eyes. .

When she looked up , she inwardly gasped at the sight to the glossy sheen in the eyes that held her in one place.

"Elais!" Her desperate voice dipped and again she raised her hand involuntarily to sooth his pain but. .she caught herself at the last second.

Elias watched her hand hanging between them. .the distance no more than a mere imch and it seemed . .it felt as if she was standing at a universe , a galaxy apart from him—

"Thinking about her eh?"

The cold voice shattered his thoughts and his inner peace , he grimaced visibly at the interference of the dark lord. Seated on the plosh velvety sofa , Elias didn't know when he entered the exquisite room , guest room , as Douglas had said.

Hades had slipped a hand in his pant's pocket , a glass of wine in his grip , his elegant fingers wrapped delicately around the stem as he swirled the liquid and for a second Elias saw the flash of red in his eyes . .so like the wine.

He didn't like his piercing stare and looked away from him to the gaint on the bed , snoring away softly. Oblivious to his surrounding. He was at peace and Elias envyed him to no bound.

"Don't ignore me." Hades clucked his tongue. "I promise you ignorance is not a bliss when you are in need." He smirked.

Elias laid back against the sofa.

"What do you want?" His tone was clipped and Hades couldn't help but throw his head back and laugh with mirth.

His laugh grated on his tightned nerves, it kept ringing in his ears even though he had stopped.

"Ah! The egoistic ruler of the vampire world. .looks like you keep forgetting you're in my releam. I do not like disobedience , I'm afraid." He said in a soft manner as he sipped on his wine , eyeing him over the rim of the glass.

"Where is Rumple?" Elias tried to reign in his temper at his knowing smile . "You said—,"

"I say many things , it certainly don't imply I'm meant to do it."

Rage erupted in him like nothing in the world , he stood up in one fluid motion , his eyes turning the color of blood.

Hade's amused smile egging him on further.

"Everyone is right when they say you're a coward who couldn't face Zeus! Who couldn't do shit to save his own family! I was wrong to think you can help me out! Wrong to go against the warning! Guess what?  I'm not like you , you spineless scum! I will find help even if I have to go through all the nook and cranny of underworld!"

Elias got breathless but the the icy man standing in front of him did not crack a single emotion , did not let a single emotion escape to his face but his flawless skin had turned deathly pale.

"Oh no , you didn't."

Before Elias could understand , darkness surrounded him from all around and he fell like the leafs shedding in autumn.

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