He was glad she did not prod into that dark place. Haku had filled his world with a shadow, a shadow that in many ways was his own. Guilt was a large part of the Aquila’s psyche, and he sought to destroy it. In doing so, he would need to destroy the blue eyed devil. After that there would be no guilt, for Gabriel could not internalize the feeling and instead placed it onto a physical being he could eliminate. It made him uncomfortable to open himself up, for fear that his soul might be exposed and all the wicked things he had done turned on their head. The she-wolf was more grounded, and allowed him a glimpse of her own.
Something in her eyes changed, and he knew it was love. So he listened to her, and read her smile and her face, and understood why she had not shied from the war. Haku had attacked someone she had loved, and Anu had rescued her from the bastard. She had done what Gabriel could not. For a singular moment he hated her, but it was a jealous thought and one that was shoved aside. So he smiled, believing that her victory was one against the beast and one that told him he was not immortal. It gave him hope that one day soon he would see the same occur under his hands.
At the question, which was peculiar, he cocked his head doggishly. “You mean a lover? No, no I don’t,” he answered quickly, eyes darkening momentarily at the thought of Faolin. “My former mate left me and her children for another man.” And Jezebel had vanished after a night together, causing Gabriel to consider that he had been responsible for such a thing. Amber eyes lightened, focusing on her face instead of the long gone ghosts of old.
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