Minotaur's Curse

Chapter 3

"You guys are so sweet you waited on me. I got something to help in our next case." Aklin finally made his appearance in the cafe.

"Hey babe. What did you get?" Logan stood from his seat and hugged Aklin. The man recoiled slightly, walking away from Logan and into a seat at the bar.

"Delphinium Blood." his tone held harsh, undeterred by the situation.

"Poison? Why do we need poison that only kills humans?" Byrin grew worried, this was a comment statement they argued on, no humans died on missions including poisoning.

"In case of emergency. We are going to Lexion Casum, you know how those thugs work." Venom dripped out of Aklin's voice, it was cold, harsh to the sense he cared for no life in the moment.

"They are humans no matter what, we have a motto. We don't kill humans." Logan stood in front of him.

In every case of the statement this was a huge debate. Aklin conspired death was always an option, while Byrin and Logan despised the presumption. Over the decades of their friendship the two had to physically hold Aklin back from murders. In constant cases, Byrin and Logan had both had physical injuries from the statement.

To the public eye, people had no recollection of their great heros dirty laundry. Aklin had skeletons in his closet, demons coated their bones, and the two other men had been shoved into it so many times. They met the demons face to face, kissed their impurities, and drowned in their darkness.

"You don't kill humans, I'm the hero, I save the day. Either back off and let me or lose it." the blonde man arose from his booth chair, setting down the bottle on the counter.

Doing so Rose grabbed a replica and swapped it out with the poison. Byrin had asked her to pickpocket for them on occasions where he knew Aklin would go off the deep end. It had turned into silent glances and inconcealable notions to notion the changes. The first time it happened Aklin was going to shoot a young child, a Drykin girl who had human parents. He begged her to replace the bullets with duds, luckily she did before the gun was used.

"You're right, you're the hero. So act like one." Byrin shoved the bottle into his chest. It was the final straw on his back, an everlasting arcade of dread tumbled out.

"And you're the stuck up hitchhiker to tags along my every job, I don't need you, never did." Aklin snatched the bottle and stormed out of the premises.

"Byrin, that was uncalled for." Logan stormed out after him.