**Gabe's POV**
Warm blood fell over my hands and from her mouth as she let out a surprised cry of pain. And then I twisted them viciously. She let out another cry of pain.
Then I pulled my claws from her stomach to shred them into her chest.
Blood sprayed from the gash, painting the walls of the cave in a gruesome symphony of crimson and black. Because the blood spurting forth from her mouth was black, not red.
“Gabe…you’re…killing me!” she choked out.
I ignored her words, digging my claws into her chest with ease. Her screams echoed through the cavern. I hoped they were loud enough to reach my onlookers.
“You—”I snarled out, eyes glowing yellow as my clawed hand enclosed over her beating heart. “—are not mi vida!”
And then I pulled her beating heart out, her ribs cracking from the
