Chapter 0864 "Jacks," I say quietly, stroking a thumb over his bloody beard, loving him a great deal. "I need a minute with Gabriel alone."

His eyes flash, accompanied by a rough snarl. Gabriel flinches back, but I just

smile.

"No," Jackson growls, pulling me closer.

I laugh a little and shake my head. "It wasn't a request, baby."

He takes a deep angry breath in through his nose, clearly mulling it over in his mind. When he exhales, his breath carries a heavy growl. "I am not leaving you," he says, shaking his head.

But I just sigh and vanish us away to the Dark world, where we stand alone. "I'm going to take two minutes, Jacks. And then I'm coming back here."

"Ariel," Jackson snarls, shaking his head, not letting go of me.

But I step away, gently twisting my wrist in a request that he let me go. Not forcing him but...letting him know that I wish to be free.

"Two minutes, Jacks," I say, looking him clear in the eyes. "And then the rest of our lives. Me and you. Okay?"

He huffs out a sigh, putting his hands on his hips, and then he hangs his head and nods, I think unable to turn down that offer.

"I love you," I say, beaming at him.

he snarls, lifting livid eyes to mine. "And you

I say, pressing my hands to my chest. And then I vanish

in the room with the Prince and

do?" he murmurs, shaking his head. "How will

mean, he was a horrible man, but the end of a life...it is always a weighty thing, always significant. "Tell them Jackson did it. Or that

full of wonder and a bit

"Can I

second but then stills when he realizes

"But Atalaxia needs to change. No more enslaving humans. No more keeping women illiterate and

"It will take

we can if

information that it is not, we will destroy you. And the next

be with a

it, Ariel," he says, laughing a little in shock,

bit. "You underestimated me.

to caress my face. "Please stay, Ariel. Stay with me. Be my Luna and my

his words fade as I just look at him with a

slumping. "You love that other

bit. "You know his

I do. I know all about him, Ariel, and the Community.too - probably more than you do.

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