03-25-2009, 11:17 AM
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“I know,” he nearly spat, frowning. Gabriel could not explain it, but something about Jasper perturbed him. It was perhaps that the weakness he saw in the de le Poer bloodline insulted his nature, or that the boy resembled their father just too much (though Corona did as well), or some other archaic reason he could not justify. The Aquila clambered up the steps and tilted his head to read the title of the book in his half-brother’s hands.
Both eyes turned up, remarkably cold. “If the wrong person finds you out in the open, then what?” What happened if Jasper wound up dead? Corona’s responsibility. Except Gabriel had seen what their father’s death had done to her. He could not afford his second-in-command to be in such a state.
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“I know,” he nearly spat, frowning. Gabriel could not explain it, but something about Jasper perturbed him. It was perhaps that the weakness he saw in the de le Poer bloodline insulted his nature, or that the boy resembled their father just too much (though Corona did as well), or some other archaic reason he could not justify. The Aquila clambered up the steps and tilted his head to read the title of the book in his half-brother’s hands.
Both eyes turned up, remarkably cold. “If the wrong person finds you out in the open, then what?” What happened if Jasper wound up dead? Corona’s responsibility. Except Gabriel had seen what their father’s death had done to her. He could not afford his second-in-command to be in such a state.