Rise of The Fallen
He looked at me, a plea almost in his eyes.
“I understand,” I murmured, nodding, and meeting his eyes. I did understand, and for him to get cast out for such a reason, well. Then there was the small matter of the murder of Abel.
“Your brother?” I reminded him.
“Yeah, he was always one upping me. God likes me better, mom and dad like me better, I am better, all this vapidness was on repeat day after day. It was hard to take when I thought I was doing what was best for my family to provide, I told our parents as much and while they did not disagree, they also said to give the best to God. So, I did, just not always.” He shrugged, his broad shoulders rising and falling. “I guess in the end that