"She deserves better" he continued after getting himself back a little.
There was this long pause with both of them lost in their thoughts. While Hazel was trying to figure out the reason why he felt that way, Elliot was lost in self condemnation.
"Elliot…"
"I've told you about my history, Hazel. I was just a poor human guy that was turned into a vampire, although I was a gardener, which still, didn't improve my status. When I died, no one noticed or even cared" he scoffed as he remembered how he died before speaking again "I'm not sure a proper burial was even held on my account but… Evelyn is so much different. She was an elite vampire, pampered as she was the only child of her parents. I really don't know how she died but from what I heard, she died single. What I'm trying to say is that, she's heaven and I'm earth, there will be no way we would have met if we were still alive. She likes me now cause I luckily have Crane by me and with his help, became the highest grim reaper, I'm sure, that what has made me noticeable"
"Elliot, look…"
"You now see the reason right?, she doesn't know who I really am, maybe she thinks I'm some rich, elite vampire in my past life and that's why she likes me, but the moment she realises that I'm not, whatever feeling she has will be gone"
"But you do like her right? You can't just come to that conclusion?"
"She was a spoilt princess Hazel, and I'm not saying this to condemn her or something, I'm just saying that, when she was still alive, she didn't agree to all those rich and handsome vampires, so I do not stand a chance"
"What if you're wrong?"
"I can't be" he said standing to his feet and leaving the garden. Hazel used her eyes to follow him till he was out of sight.
Elliot left to a quiet place still thinking on what he had said to Hazel. He thought back to the first time he had met Evelyn, she was just a normal reaper like him at that time and he felt this thing in his heart whenever he could get to see her, which was much stronger than whatever he felt for Theresa back when he was still alive and human. Back then, most of the times, Crane would usually partner them up to go for a mission and they grew closer at that time.
It wasn't until he had found out that she was Evelyn Seth, the only daughter of the Seth's family. He then recalled that he had seen her a few times at the Knittens mansion, where he worked at Rivelle, with her family. They had come to form a marriage alliance, but he guessed she didn't do it since she didn't end up getting married.
He then decided to cut off all ties from her. Deep down, he was just scared, he didn't want what happened with him and Theresa to happen again. In Theresa's case, she got married to a duke because he wasn't what her parents wanted for her as a husband, although sometimes, he wondered if she also felt that way, since she didn't fight for them as he had expected.
He feared that the will be what will happen with Evelyn when she gets to know who he was, and he wasn't ready to accept that kind of rejection again.
At some place, Morgan had just woken up to see himself at some unkept room that smelt like rotten flesh, he tried looking closer and he saw that indeed, there was some dead bodies littered around.
Trying to ignore the suffocating smell, which was close yo impossible, he looked around to find any other thing useful, and from what he discovered, he was at some witches lair. That could explain the bodies around which was as a result of the sacrifices, they might have performed
He had to find a way to escape here, to avoid hazel from getting worried but he was bound, making it hard for him to move around. Some minutes later, he heard someone approaching close to him, and when the person was close, he saw that it was Selles
"Hello, Morgan" she greeted smiling
"Its not so nice to see you again" he replied causing her smile to waver a bit
"Well, its been age's. Where have you been?"
"Enjoying what life has to offer, you?"
"You know… been doing the same thing, searching for the girl"
"Hmmn"
"And funny enough, we would have been done with this a long time ago if someone had just decided to hand over the girl when he realised she was the one we were searching for"
"Good choice the person made If you were to ask me"
"Morgan!!"
"What?… did you expect me to hand over my daughter to you for you guys selfish desires, and at the end, you'll also kill her"
"She isn't your daughter, you're not Lionel. Speaking of which, Vivian, its good how she ended up, looking at how she decided to cut off ties with us" she said and that got Morgan enraged
"Don't you speak of her that way!!" He barked
"Of course, we shouldn't disturb the dead" she smiled
"Did you have a hand in her death?"
"Nah, but I wished I had… back to what we were saying about the girl, Hazel? That's her name right?"
"You won't get her, I can promise that"
"Don't be so sure Morgan, you don't know what coming for her"
"Whatever you are planning,won't work. I can assure that"
There was a some silence with Welles staring at him before sighing, she came closer and spoke in a calm voice, trying to persuade him to see reasons with her
"We could go back to how we were Morgan, before you decided to go with Vivian. We had a plan we were going to fulfill. Join us again and help us get the girl, I can promise you that I'll reward you and I won't hurt her, after all, she's also a witch like us, a white witch" she said with so much distaste while saying the word ' white witch' " still a witch anyways. We just need her to kill the demon"
"Never. My daughter and Xavier are happy and I won't let anyone ruin that for them" he said stubbornly
"I'll give you two days to think about it, but for now, you'll be staying here with us and who knows, if your daughter is that smart and comes looking for you here with her boyfriend, it'll do us good" she said as she left. Cross came in almost immediately she left
"Hey Buddy"
"You guys are wasting your time as you'll get nothing from me"
"Seems like having a family makes someone become this protective" he sneered
"You can never understand cause you haven't felt what it tasted like. I would never let anyone harm my daughter"
"Whatever, that stuff's not for me, I love my life as it is"
"And I guess, you still whore around"
"Of course, I still do"
"Even with this old body you are in now?, whores still come around?"
"Old body? This body is just in its early fifties, and I'm surprised you don't know whose body this is"
"Am I supposed to know?" Morgan asked slightly confused
"I guess you haven't been to the church with Hazel"
"How did you know she goes to the church?"
"Oh I know, because I'm the person she comes to meet"
"I'm not getting what you're trying to say"
"This body belongs to Connor, the priest. I possessed his body"
"WHAT!!"