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.

of danger, Ariel," he snarls, lifting livid eyes to mine. "And you cut that

hands to my chest. And then I vanish back to Atalaxia to say

back in the room with the Prince and the corpse of the King, I find Gabriel looking

am I going to do?" he murmurs, shaking his head. "How

a horrible man, but the end of a life...it is always a weighty thing, always significant. "Tell them Jackson

of wonder and a bit of fear.

over his hair. "Can I trust you

a second but then stills when he realizes that I

you, Gabriel," I say quietly. "But Atalaxia needs to change. No more enslaving humans. No more keeping women illiterate and confining them when

nods. "It will take time. But we

you whatever aid we can if that's truly your

that it is not, we will destroy you.

will be with a

it, Ariel," he says, laughing a little in shock, shaking his head. "I did not

I murmur, smirking a bit. "You underestimated me. It was to

my

I just look at

his shoulders slumping. "You

a bit. "You know

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

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