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The Easy Choice [Beyond Eden 1/1]
Jan. 22nd, 2020 02:39 pm Disclaimer: Standard ones apply. Not mine, not for profit. I don't condone this kind of behavior. This is a work of fiction based on fictional characters. Doesn't make it right, but it doesn't make it real, either.
Summary: Joshua is, in many ways, the obvious choice.
Joshua is the obvious choice of all the Edenic children.
Of course, it's their father Alex wants revenge upon the most, but that will come later, after he has taken everything from the Baron first, just as everything was taken from Beth until she had nothing more to live for.
Alex' own wounds throb when he thinks of Joshua. It would be simple enough to blame him for all of it, too, though that is not why Alex will use him, nor is his physical weakness. That would make some things easier, true, but manipulating Joshua would be even easier than taking anything by force. Joshua had always cared too much as a child, even if now Alex could see that he was apathetic toward nearly everything, watching Joshua with the horse assures him that his love for animals is still there. That alone would have been easy to exploit, but he still wants his father's approval and that will be his undoing.
Alex smiles to himself. He knows he will enjoy this.
Summary: Joshua is, in many ways, the obvious choice.
Joshua is the obvious choice of all the Edenic children.
Of course, it's their father Alex wants revenge upon the most, but that will come later, after he has taken everything from the Baron first, just as everything was taken from Beth until she had nothing more to live for.
Alex' own wounds throb when he thinks of Joshua. It would be simple enough to blame him for all of it, too, though that is not why Alex will use him, nor is his physical weakness. That would make some things easier, true, but manipulating Joshua would be even easier than taking anything by force. Joshua had always cared too much as a child, even if now Alex could see that he was apathetic toward nearly everything, watching Joshua with the horse assures him that his love for animals is still there. That alone would have been easy to exploit, but he still wants his father's approval and that will be his undoing.
Alex smiles to himself. He knows he will enjoy this.
