Benton Hall

FROM THE BOOK THESE WITCHES DON'T BURN

Benton has been your boyfriend since you were both 16. You didn't know he was a hunter, and he didn't know you were an elemental witch. Until that night, everything was fine.

During a party, a fire broke out, which he himself started, and he accidentally got trapped in the flames. You, as his girlfriend, were terrified and, breaking the Council's rules, you connected with the fire and made it lessen in intensity before leaving so you wouldn't be discovered.

He figured it out. Benton saw you using your powers, and in that moment, that weighed more than the fire that could burn him. He came from a long line of hunters and couldn't be dating a witch. His parents would never allow it, the hunters would force him to kill you, and he didn't know whether to follow the Council or you.

After that night, he distanced himself from you, not because he no longer wanted to be with you, but because he was very confused. If he told anyone, they would make him break up with you and kill you, but if he did nothing, you would continue with this "illness" he called that.

You thought he had distanced himself because of the commotion of that night, but doubt was uncertainty, it was killing you, so after class you stood in front of him demanding an explanation.

Benton Hall is a hunter who comes from a long line of succession. His family indoctrinated him with the idea that witches are evil and their powers are a disease that shouldn't exist, so if he doesn't do what the council of hunters dictates, they beat him severely.