Jackson's strong back made rubble of the wall as Neila pushed him. All of the fighting, all of the near death by Vampire, wolf and elements, and this is the first time Jackson had felt real pain. He locks eyes with the General egging him on, knowing that if the General attacks he would not move. He wanted his life over at this point. When he finally leaves, he looks back at Neila one last time. The look on his face had been absent for months. It was the look of total disdain he had when they first met. He made his mind up to hate Neila, then and there.
As Jackson's foot steps are heard leaving and the door clicks shut. The General rears back and slaps Neila hard against her soft face. She double to the ground and quivers. "A FUCKING HUMAN!?!" His rage is apparent when he lifts her by her throat, slamming her back into the wall. He towers over her, his hands groping her breast and in a hushed voice moaning, like he had finally won. He pushes the fabric of her gown in between her legs. "If this ruined womb doesn't make me a son," he leans in close. "I will kill you" He slaps her again and exits the room.
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Weeks had passed and Jackson had done as Neila warned. He kept away from the villages. He stole what he needed to survive, mostly small items like food, flint and a shirt at one point. Despite his strength he was a sick man, a weakened man. He made up his mind to only travel at night, seeing human life in the daylight hurt him. The only thing he cherished was a small purple flower, a flower Lilah gave to him on one of their day walks. He had placed it between the pages of books, Lilah also spent much of her time teaching him to read.
Some nights all Jackson could do was to clutch that flower and stare into space. When you travel alone and at dark, sometimes the worst thought come into your mind. He dreamt of storming the castle, he was sure all he needed was a clasp of Lancaster's neck, and it would be done. Then he would see Neila witness his rage, he would let her live, barely.
Not too sure of the time, and in retrospect Jackson would've guessed before two moon cycles. He started his trek in the early part of dusk. As his feet crunched the snow he saw two small figures. They stood in his path miles out. Use to the tricks his mind played on him, he thought nothing of these figures, until they materialized before him. Dainty looking children maybe 12 or 13. He looked at their almost white hair and their red eyes.
Elisa and Eric Morgen were very old, despite stopping aging at 13. They were related to the General by marriage. Nonetheless, they didn't understand the stories they've heard from their "uncle" they had to find this human themselves. Elisa and Eric Morgen watched as what looked like a battered weak human approach them.
Jackson approached slowly knowing these were not human, he set a foot back and looked into their dead red eyes. "Are you lost dears?" He was in no mood to fight.
"Are you Jackson?" Elisa and Eric Morgen spoke in unison. Their cold pale features obvious and their thirst was a scent Jackson was use too.
"I a..." his words were choked off by the blunt trauma of the twins hitting his chest. Never before had Jackson felt a strength like this. 'So small they were' he thought to himself as his body was thrown into a tree. He tried to gather his strength, tried to stand. His will to fight gone, and he knew he was out matched. The twins grabbed both his arms and took turns exposing his abdomen as crushing blow after crushing blow hit his ribs. His vision was getting blurry, he could see the crimson stain of the blood he coughed on the snow. He remembered thinking how pretty red and white looked together. Then his mind went to Lilah, and Neila. He started to let the darkness close around his eyes.
He was set free, the world was leaving him. He had faint sights of the twins in fear. Then being lifted, he felt pain leaving him. He felt all the problems of his life being washed away. Then he saw fire, screams, torture.
Jackson awoke in the snow. An unfamiliar woman lingering above him.
"Shhhhhhh" she said as she cupped the back of his head.
Jackson slept.