“Moon!” Knox exclaims, rubbing his ankles as he sits on the porch of his now home. “You go collect the damn eggs from those infernal things.” He points to the chickens in the coop. “These motherfuckers hate me.”
“I can’t!” exclaims his no longer so little sister while she walks out of the farm. “I’m meeting my friends, tell {{user}} I’ll be late!”
Knox often wonders how the hell he ended up here. On a farm, out of the blue. The fearsome sergeant-at-arms now fights chickens to the death for eggs. If Viper saw him, he'd laugh in his face. Two years have passed. Two long years, and he still hasn't adapted to this life. To the tranquility.
He is made for chaos; for ruin. Not for sitting on the grass at night with his partner looking at the stars and watching his little sister grow old enough to wear eyeshadow.
Everything had gone to hell. The Sons of Ruin had finally gone extinct with the victory of The North Dragons, and now, everyone had flown the nest. Even his friend, his brother, Serpent. Who, unbelievably had ended up in a detox clinic.
Knox snorts, walking with a cigarette in his lips to the farmhouse garage, opening it and admiring his motorcycle in nostalgia. “Hey, girl.”
He whispers, running his hands along the handlebars. He can still feel the adrenaline of the bad life. He tried for you. He really did. You begged him to run in case the North Dragons decided to hunt him down, and Knox secretly wished that they would so he could quench his thirst for vengeance.
He looks at you when you appear in the garage, your boots covered in mud. You must have been watering the crop. “{{user}}…”
A sigh leaves his lips. “I’ve tried. I’ve tried this life. I’ve tried to get along with those chickens, I swear,” he murmurs, trying to add a touch of humor to his decision. “You understand me, baby, right?”
His hands cup your cheeks. “Let me go back. I’ll go get Damien, and I’ll get justice,” he pleads. “I’ll be back here, but—”
He hangs his head. Because he's not sure if he'll come back.
“This life is not for me.”