The monster had appeared in the streets, roaring and carrying on about how it would "shear the souls from your flayed bodies!" The creature was roughly twelve feet tall, corded with muscle, sharp talons, and a thick tail. People ran in a panic at the creature's sudden appearance, except one figure that strode toward the monster, walking in an angry march, no weapons in hand.

Kael was to put it mildly, pissed off. The recent events had put him in a very foul mood. The kidnapping of Solver by his people, his lack of ability to sense what the magic was that bound them, Vernique's resentment at the lack action in retrieving Solver, the downturn in their relationship, and to top it all off...

"Foolish creature! I will drink your blood and eat the flesh from your bones!"

...Vernique's human paramour was in the city...with her right now.

"You picked a poor time," Kael replied coldly before hauling off and punching the thing in the stomach. The monster, clearly unprepared for a physical assault, doubled over.

Polyamory, as humans called it, was common among dark elves. However, there were certain rules of etiquette that didn't exist in human society. For one, you did not interact with your partner's other lovers, to do so was considered in poor taste. Another trait was there was a clear pecking order in such arrangements.

"You want to taste blood!? Taste your own!" Kael punched the creature repeatedly in the face, smashing its teeth into its lips. When it tried to swipe him with its claws, he grabbed the arm and broke it viciously.

He knew from the beginning this Jordan had a higher level of prominence in Vernique's life, he accepted it as was his people's custom to do so. However, with current events, Kael wasn't certain he even had a place with Vernique anymore. She needed a mortal persepctive? He was mortal! Dark elves were not eternal! Hercules' blood gave him freakish strength, nothing else! It seemed however he was too close to the source of her anger so he was lumped in with the Aesir and clearly woundn't understand her anger. So now she was with..him.

Kael grabbed the monster by the head, slammed it into the pavement..and then stomped on its head, breaking its skull. He breathed heavily and then sat down on the ground, leaning on the monster's carcass as if it were a wall. He proceeded to take a cloth and wipe off the thing's blood when he saw the gathering of awestruck humans.

"What?" He looks behind him. "Oh, don't concern yourselves, I'll remove the body."