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.

lifting livid eyes to mine. "And

chest. And then I vanish back to Atalaxia to say

the room with the Prince and the corpse of

going to do?" he murmurs,

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 I did. Blame Moon Valley, we'll be happy to take the

eyes full of wonder

hand over his hair. "Can I trust you to rule well? Or

stills when he realizes that

Gabriel," I say quietly. "But Atalaxia needs to change. No more enslaving humans. No more keeping women illiterate

"It will take time. But we can

can if

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

with a

shock, shaking his head. "I did not

smirking a bit. "You underestimated

Stay with me. Be my Luna and my Queen -

fade as I just look at him with a bit of pity in

slumping. "You

a bit. "You know

and the Community.too - probably more than you do.

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