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over?” he asks me. “She needs someone.”
“Aala needs parents and family. She is special, blessed by the goddess, and we are linked. I want to keep her with me, if that’s what she wants. I know I’d never replace her aunt or parents, but I hope to be a sister at least. Family,” I say, wondering what he thinks about this. “Am I asking too much?”
“I can’t answer for Ren, Henry or Myles. But for me? You could never ask for too much,” he softly tells me.
“Neither can you,” I honestly reply. We kiss for a moment longer before we get dressed and hold hands as we walk across the field back towards the river that is easy to follow back to the cabins.
“We never talked about you choosing to be a dark angel in Neamh,” I whisper, running my hands over his wings. He shrugs.
“They told me I could go back to being human with no memories of my life. Of you,” he tells me. “Or I could make a choice. The light wasn’t an option when I needed to lie, so the dark was my choice. You were my choice.”
“Thallon,” I whisper, my eyes filling with tears. Gods, he knows the right thing to say to me. Not that he needs to. Thallon has had my heart for a long time.
“There you are! Hurry, there is a problem!” Vesnia shouts as she flies just above us. My back aches to fly after her, even when I know my wings are gone and my vampire powers are not something that can be learnt overnight according to Ren. When the war is over, he promised lessons for as many years as it takes until I’ve learnt them.
So basically, other than the little bit of fighting I can do, I’m not going to be much use in this war. That’s why I need to destroy the Great Light. It’s him or me.
Thallon wraps his arms tight around me, and I hold onto him like a monkey as he takes off into the sky after Vesnia. In a few moments, or at least I think it’s that as I keep my eyes closed the whole time, we land outside the cabin where the doors are open and a line of blood leads inside. I rush in, pushing two of Madi’s mates aside to see Gabriel on the floor, with Warren trying to heal him. Three large cuts leak blood all over the floor, and I hate that it smells nice to me. Tears fall down my cheeks as Thallon places his hand on my shoulder, and I look over to see Ren stood with Myles and Henry. His eyes are fixed on Gabriel, hardly noticing I’m here. They have a lot of history, not all bad anymore. We couldn’t be here without Gabriel’s help, and I believe the angels must have found out he was a spy for us.
And whose side he was really on.
Madi kneels at Gabriel’s side, pushing a pillow under his head and helping him get comfy as Knox sits back and shakes his head once. I pick the blanket up off the back of the sofa and cover Gabriel up as he holds Madi’s hand tightly.
“Te-tell Morgan he was a s-son to me, and we will see each o-other in the heavens,” he manages to croak out, and Madi nods as I kneel next to her. Grief lingers in the air around us as my hand covers his other hand resting on his chest.
“Thank you. Thank you so much, Gabriel,” I tell him firmly. “The vampires will forever honour you in our history. You will be remembered as the saviour you are.”
“I kn-knew you would be a ruler when we met, lass. The true go-dd-ess-es shine down on you, Kaitlyn.” His words are stuttered, and pain leaks from his voice, cutting my soul.
“And they will take you to them. Rest, my friend,” Ren states from right behind me, and he rests his hands on my shoulders. “You are forgiven.”
Knowing how hard that must have been for Ren to say, I almost sob as Gabriel smiles at him. A pure smile full of happiness and peace as his hand releases mine.
And he leaves this world for one with the gods.
Chapter 63
Plaiting the last part of Aala’s soft hair, I pat her shoulders as I meet her eyes in the mirror. “All done, but I think I need practice.”
“Erm, maybe,” she cheekily replies, and laughter drifts to my ears from