Chapter 121-130

Chapter 121 – No
“I will stay,” Evie said as she gently smiled. However, Gavriel could see the pain and sorrow reflected in her eyes as she gazed at him. He understood her and the reason behind that look in her eyes very well. It was a look borne from her thoughts that they would be separated from each other very soon.

He grabbed her wrists – though desperately, he was still gentle with her – and his jaws clenched tightly. Then he shook his head, his eyes intense. “I will never leave you behind, Evie.” He told her straight and firm. The tone he used indicated that there was no one – not even Evie herself – could change his mind. “No matter what happens, I am going to take you with me, do you understand?” Evie could tell from the tone he used that he was dead serious and there would be no further discussion on this matter anymore.

Evie nibbled the inside her of her lip nervously. She remembered how Zolan had looked at her before he left, and she understood his point of view on asking her to convince Gavriel on his suggestion to be carried out. She really understood and could not blame Zolan. Focusing back on Gavriel, the dangerous and desperate look in Gavriel’s eyes made the corners of her eyes heat up. He had heard about what was at stake and yet he did not even seem to faintly consider the idea of leaving her behind and not taking her along with him.

“But Gavriel… if you take me along, what will happen to this city?” Evie’s voice became pained. Evie was not ignorant about these kinds of things. She knew that Zolan was right, if Gavriel left and took her along with him too, everyone in this city would face the wrath of the emperor. She had heard and read many war stories in the past and these things do happen. The suffering and torture those left behind would truly be unimaginable. And she could not, in good faith put these good and blameless folks through this nightmare.

“The vampire emperor will punish everyone in this city for harboring and aiding you all this while. And… he will surely torture them. I can’t… I can’t bear for such a thing to happen to all those innocent people, Gavriel… not when I can do something to ensure that it would not happen. This place… I already love this place, Gavriel… I don’t want it to fall into ruins. More than the place, it is the people here! We can’t just abandon them after they took us in. And… and you don’t need to sacrifice anyone anymore. Leave this to me, I am confident I can make everyone believe our fabricated story. Trust me Gavriel, my father adores me to bits. He will believe anything I will say. And like what Zolan said, the emperor will not have any other choice but to believe my words as well. He wouldn’t dare displease my father because he still needs him.” Evie tried to convince Gavriel with her impassioned speech, her large expressive eyes sparkling with emotion.

Gavriel sulked a little before pulling away from her and turned his back as he raked his hand through his hair, messing it up a little. His aura was starting to fluctuate with his emotions and was becoming dangerously uncontrollable. He gave a heavy and frustrated sigh.