GABRIEL’S POV,
Gabriel feels the anger rage through his body when he looks at that pathetic excuse of a man. Javier looks at him with fear in his eyes. It is the first time Gabriel sees him show signs of fear. Javier quickly lets go of Julias and walks backward whimpering, “Please don’t kill me, I will do anything you ask.”
Gabriel doesn’t take his eyes off Javier when he says to Luna and Julias, “Get behind me.”
At the same moment Lord Midas storms into the hallway. His eyes go over the scene wildly and he quickly walks to Javier. “What on earth is going on?”
Luna walks out from the dark and Lord Midas his eyes go over her blue spots and torn dress. Luna points at Javier and says angrily, “He tried to rape me!”
Lord Midas gives Javier a strict look, “Those bruises on my daughter are unacceptable Javier. I cannot let you marry her if you will beat her.”
Javier hangs his head down and replies, “I know I am sorry Midas. I let my frustration and temper get the best of me. You know how it feels when women play games with you and leave you with blue balls.”
Lord Midas takes a look at Luna again and sighs, “Luna dearest, I don’t approve of Javiers behavior but look what you are wearing. If you go out wearing nothing more than a tiny nightdress then you are asking for it. We, men, are primal creatures, when we prickle our senses we just have to take what is ours. And to be fair he is your fiancé so it would have happened anyway.”
Luna just looks at her dad shocked and speechless, Julias on the other hand seems to be hot with rage. “Are you out of your fucking mind? Nothing of this is Luna’s fault don’t ever speak to her that way again,” he shouts and spits into Lord Midas his face.
Lord Midas his face get’s boiling red, “GUARDS! ARREST THAT MAN!”
Gabriel looks at Julias and commands, “Take Luna out of the castle, I will handle this.”
Julias nods and puts his arms around Luna when they run away. At the same moment the guards run in. Gabriel gives them a deviant smile and lets the room go dark again while lightning strikes around him. The guards stop unsure what to do about the powerful King of the Sky Realm. Gabriel shifts his gaze to Lord Midas and Javier. He stares at them with dark eyes and says, “I can kill all of you before you even have time to give a command. So, be wise and stay quiet when I talk. You are the most disgusting weasel I have ever met. You don’t deserve the title of Lord, man, or father. The way you just talked to your daughter and picked the side of that snake next to you. You should be ashamed. Many in your city have had enough of you and your disappointing ruling qualities. I will give you one day to surrender otherwise you will be killed when the city is taken from you.”
Gabriel now walks close to Javier and says, “You never deserved a woman like Luna in the first place. You are rotten to the core without values of honor. But today you showed me you are also just a scared little girl from the inside. I am sure you cannot live with the fact that I humiliated you so if you want a rematch I will gladly kill you next time.”
Javier grits his teeth in anger, but he stays silent. Gabriel walks out of the hallway without looking back once.
He meets Luna and Julias at the Inn. They sit in a corner Julias with his arms around Luna and Angus is standing at the edge of the table. Julias jumps up when he sees Gabriel and asks, “Did you kill them?”
Gabriel shakes his head, “No he is still Luna her father so I gave them the option to surrender, or otherwise tomorrow we will take the city. And I have a feeling that I will get another chance to end Javier.”
Gabriel walks to Luna and sits down taking her hand, “Are you okay Luna?”
Luna gives him a hint of a smile, “I am just angry that I have been blind for so long. But my eyes are wide open now and I will lead my people into a better future.”
She slams her hand on the table and stands up with determination in her eyes. Gabriel nods to Angus, inform the people that tomorrow at 6 in the morning on the big square Luna will give a speech.”
Angus leaves immediately and Gabriel decides to get some sleep because tomorrow will probably be a big day. As soon as his body hits the bed, he notices how exhausted he is. Didn’t even have time to miss Noelle with all the commotion that has been going on. He sighs picturing Noelle sitting in the sun, her auburn hair that shines, her big green eyes looking up at him, and her beautiful smile. He falls asleep feeling at peace and for the first hours, that feeling stays. However, at some point, he has a dream so vivid that it seems real. Noelle is standing next to his bed trying to wake him up, her eyes full of worry. When he opens his eyes, he swears he smells a hint of lavender and chamomile.
It just takes him a second to realize that someone is climbing through the window with a big knife in his hands. The big man runs to his bed and Gabriel has just enough time to channel a big lightning bolt which he fires when he touches the man on his heart. The man becomes stiff, and the knife is just inches away from Gabriel’s throat. Gabriel gives the man a big push and he falls to the ground with a loud bang. It is too dark to see who attacked him so Gabriel hurries to the light switch.
He immediately recognizes the body when the lights go on. It was as he expected, Javier came for his revenge like a coward in the night. His heart is beating in his chest because if it wasn’t for his dream then it could have been him that was laying there stone-cold dead. The dream felt so real like she was so close he could have touched her. He sits down on the floor with his head in his hands. The physical pain of missing his wife is so great that he doesn’t know what to do with it. He stays that way until the sun slowly starts to emerge and small light beams peek through his window.