He looked around, his head dizzy, adjusting to the darkness.

eye

'When did it get so dark?' He wondered.

"Gabe,"

The familiar voice reached his ears, the voice sounding distant and faint, as if he was being called from somewhere far away.

"Gabriel." The voice came yet again, and this time, he recognized it.

It belonged to Leonica.

Standing up from the Stoll he wasn't even aware he had been sitting on, Gabriel surveyed his surroundings, trying to see through the darkness. Suddenly, one part of the darkness gave way, opening up the path to a field filled with purple irises and in the center of it, was Leonica.

a simple white gown, her long wavy white hair dancing softly in the breeze as she faced the other way, humming a calming tone to the sleeping child in her arms.

she sensed his presence. Turning around to see him,

one of

once again, and as if on autopilot, Gabriel moved, taking a

her arms as he approached and although he couldn't see the child's face, Gabriel felt a strong connection to the child.

he could reach where she was standing, darkness engulfed

up. This time around it was just a white bulb hanging above a white door. Gabriel slowly approached

he gulped upon seeing a pale looking Leonica seating on a hospital bed. The sobs ceased as soon as his

in his direction, blood shot eyes glaring at him. "Look what you've done."

the bed she sat on. Instead of responding to her accusations, he asked. "The baby, where

the banquet, Gabriel felt a tremendous amount of anger towards Leonica's

had no right to

not what I wanted. You had no right to do that Leonica!" Gabriel scolded. "You had no fucking right to decide the fate of

Another familiar voice

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