Ezekiel tenderly rested his head on his little brother Nathan's, savoring the brief moment of solace before he let out a resigned sigh and resumed his departure.
Xylia stood dumbfounded by his sudden change of heart.
Despite her initial conviction that Ezekiel would stay with them, he appeared to hold them in contempt and refused to be swayed.
Even when she divulged the confidential information about his younger sibling, Xylia had hoped it would persuade him to stay and work out a solution.
But Ezekiel remained resolute in his decision to leave.
As Xylia tried to catch his attention, he continued walking, forcing her to follow closely beside him.
With a determined stride, she finally caught up and called out to him, "Hey, you!"
Xylia's confusion was palpable as she tried to make sense of Ezekiel's sudden departure.
"We're not even staying in this place," she mused aloud, trying to understand why he was so set on leaving. "Maybe you didn't like the house or something?" she questioned herself, hoping for an answer.
But Ezekiel's response only served to deepen her bewilderment. With a sly smirk, he calmly retorted, "It's not the house that I don't like, it's you and your weak mentality." Xylia could only watch in stunned silence as he continued walking away from her, his footsteps crunching on the fresh snow.
Despite the bitter cold, Ezekiel was determined to forge ahead and would not allow any delay or detour to hinder his plans.
He was prepared to strike out on his own if necessary, even if it meant traveling down a solitary path.
And so, he trudged on, leaving Xylia to ponder the depth of his convictions.
' They spoke of a lot of nonsense, but that doesn't even bother me like what that girl said at that moment, if what she said is true then this means that I have to find a solution very soon, I have two years in my hand to save Nathan, and I am going to do anything for that ' He thought as he opened his vest and made his little brother inside it so that he doesn't get cold outside .
' I will not survive in the city, that is what I am sure about it, if these fucking bastards found me in that prestigious hotel, then this means that I am not safe there, and I can't go back to my village where I am already hunted, I have to find a place where I could stay with my little brother in peace '
Ezekiel held his phone and started to search on the internet for a place where he could stay, then he discovered that he was still keeping his phone just like an idiot .
' Shi****t , if they didn't use this piece of garbage to track me down then they are just a fucking useless batards " He thought as he threw it away and burned it with his magic .
Frustration and anxiety wracked Ezekiel's mind as he considered the gravity of his situation. "Of course this is not enough," he muttered to himself, his tone laced with irritation. "They'll definitely track it to the last location of the single, which means they'll be here any minute..." His words trailed off into a series of muttered expletives, his mind racing with thoughts of escape.
"I have to get as far as possible," he resolved, his voice now tinged with urgency. He knew that time was running out and that he had to put as much distance between himself and his pursuers as he could. With a heavy heart, he turned and began to walk briskly away from the scene, his eyes fixed on the horizon as he prepared to face whatever lay ahead.
" Nathan, Nathan , don't worry, your brother is here, your brother is going to save you " He said as he touched his hair, then started to run as fast as he could even though the snow made it very difficult for him to do that , but he just kept moving .
He reached the closest village there but he avoided staying there because it was just going to be a very predicted move for him to be here.
He just continued walking under the snow for a few hours till he reached the next village .
He was very cold, to the point where his teeth were just grinding with each other, and his skin was turning pale to blue,and his legs couldn't lift him anymore .
Yet all this time he kept his palm on his little brother's back to heat him so that he wouldn't get cold .
The road where he walked was filled with snow which is why people were not driving their cars a lot around that place, and even if they did he was not going to ask anyone for help and jeopardize Nathan's safety .
When Ezekiel reached that small village he just headed to the only motel there and asked for a room.
The lady behind the counter looked at him suspiciously because he was accompanied by the kid to a place like this but he just glared at her so that she wouldn't talk to him .
He paid what he had to and ascended the stairs to the room she mentioned .
She was not going to throw him out there because technically he was one of the few whose fate drove them to that empty motel .
He paid for the room for two days before he gets his things done then, the room was very small with one bed that is for one person, one table and tv, and a bathroom, nothing more, the interior design was similar to the motel rooms in the 1960s on earth one, it just showed him that this place was very old and with no visitors for all these years .
Once he opened the door he just headed towards the bed very tired and put his little brother on the bed and started to check on him, he just realized that he peed himself while asleep which is why he had to change his clothes .
Back on earth 1, Nathan stopped peeing himself when he was 2 years old, and that just surprised him that he was still doing that in this place .
Ezekiel headed to the bathroom, brought a wet towel with hot water and went back to him.
He removed his dirty clothes then he cleaned him and then he covered him with a lot of towels and put him under the covers then went to the bathroom to take a shower and also clean his clothes .