"But...are you happy?" I asked, wondering if I was holding him back from moving on.
"I'm happy watching my sister fall in love,” he replied, lifting his hands to wipe the tears from my flushed cheeks.
"But it's selfish of me to cling to this. To watch you die over and over again. I know it is...yet it's so hard. So difficult to let go." I cried.
He nodded.
"I know. It is hard, but in time you will be able to. Just continue to love," he whispered, looking back down the hall.
I glanced to my right, still unable to see the person's face but in a few seconds he'd walk onto the balcony, revealing his identity to us.
"Jewel?"
"Yes, Gabriel?"
I turned back to him.
"End the cycle,” he begged and I saw the same flicker of fear I had seen the day he left for school. "Don't let them take your love away."
I was confused by his words as I stared into his gold eyes.
Take my love away? Is he talking about Logan? Or the others?
Deep in thought, I didn't even realize the person had passed us and was already at the edge.
My eyes landed on his familiar frame and widened as my mouth dropped.
He turned around, his fearful eyes full of tears as he stared at my wide ones.
"I'm sorry, Jewel. It was all to save you."
I screamed.
My hand shot out to save him, to use some type of magic to stop him as his body began to lean back, but nothing worked and his body went over the edge.
I raced to where he once was, my breathing uneven and my heart frantic. I tried to use my magic, fighting to save him but I watched his body become one with the ground, blood everywhere and an ear-piercing scream left my mouth.
***
"FUCK, JEWEL! WAKE UP!"
I jolted forward as my eyes flashed open.
I gasped for air and my eyes were scanning the room while my body trembled in sheer panic.
Arms held me and I heard approaching footsteps followed by the door opening.
"Shit. Is Jewel okay?!" I heard Braxton's voice.
Someone pulled me into their arms, and after I took a deep inhale, I knew it was Logan.
"She had a nightmare. Jewel, just breathe,” he encouraged.
I began to whimper into his chest as tears rolled down my cheeks.
"That's the fifth one this week," Maximus' deep voice announced.
"You think something's triggering it?" That question came from Kage.