than being a monster. I couldn’t tell her that I was always going to be the evil Gideon. I didn’t want to take her hope away.
But, there was one thing I could do: leave now and make her decide, knowing what she now knew, if she still wanted to be with me.
I pulled my hand away from hers. “I have to go,” I whispered, and with a snap of my fingers, I made myself disappear.
GALAXY DISTANT
*Abigail*
“I look at you, standing close to me.
I know what I want and it’s hard to believe
that when you look at me, it’s like I touch the sky.
Suddenly you’re cold on your way to fly.
But I’m here you see, it’s so clear to me
Our faith is written in your hands
Cuz every time you’re near
there’s nothing I can fear
I just know we have a chance.
You’re my guardian angel,
even though you bring danger and look
like a stranger, you’re my guardian angel.”
Melody Manful & Angelika Vee.
‘Guardian Angels’ series theme Song.
Yesterday, after Gideon disappeared, I started screaming and praying for whomever he was going to kill. One of the angels, who I later found out was Valoel, put me into a deep sleep. She told me that I needed to rest so that my mind would have time to process everything that was going on.
I had woken in the morning, not knowing where I was, only to have everything that happened yesterday come rushing in.
I went to Gideon’s room to check if he was there, but, unfortunately, he never came back home. Tristan didn’t look like he wanted to tell me where he was, and Valoel told me to stop asking questions.
When I came home and found out that my mother and bodyguards hadn’t been looking for me, I learned that Valoel had created a clone of me, so to everyone else, I was home and never left for Grands.
“He’s not coming back is he?” I asked Tristan, who sat with me on the sofa in my bedroom. It took Valoel a simple snap of her fingers to bring me back home to Earth.
Tristan looked at me, unsure of how to respond. “Are you okay?” he asked.
“I don’t want to believe that Gideon is evil. Naïve, I know. I love him, but how can I be with someone whose primary mission is to kill?” Tristan didn’t answer me, because I knew he had no answer to my question. “Why didn’t you tell me before that Gideon tried to save my father?” I asked.
“I had a lot of reasons. One of them was wanting you to admit you loved him. If I’d told you right away, you’d forever wonder if you loved him because you knew he didn’t kill your father.”
I wanted to be angry at Tristan, but I couldn’t. He was right. I wouldn’t have told him to go away if I’d known, but I’d also wonder if I allowed him to stay because he tried to save my father. I needed time to accept everything, and if he had been around, maybe I wouldn’t have gotten the time that I needed.
“Tristan, you look weak,” I said, noticing his blue eyes slowly turning grey. He looked like someone who hadn’t slept for days. He looked exhausted. I didn’t like seeing him like that.
“I’m all right,” he said.
I knew Tristan well enough to know that he wasn’t being honest. “No, you’re not,” I said, remembering what he said to me when he was telling me about Gideon.
“You said Gideon feeds on pain and you feed on happiness.” And then it hit me. “Oh, I’m making you weak. You’re hungry, and here I am sad.” I quickly put a smile on my face. “I promise I won’t cry or be sad.” He laughed, and for a second, the Tristan I loved appeared, but I watched his smile fade after a few seconds.
“Good,” Valoel said, appearing out of nowhere. Then, with a snap of her fingers, a sandwich appeared. “You need to eat something.”
I shot her a look to say I wasn’t hungry, but she was already shaking her head in protest. Now I was positive she could read my mind.
“Eat up, and don’t move. I’m borrowing Tristan for a second.”
“I can’t leave her,” Tristan said.
“Let him guard her for a second, and come with me. You need to feed.” Valoel took Tristan’s hand. “Eat your food,” she ordered. A second later, she disappeared with Tristan.
When they left, I felt lonely, as if everyone had abandoned me. I tried to take a