**Gabe’s POV**
I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. The weight of her words pressed down on me like a boulder, threatening to crush me with the unbearable truth.
A surge of anger and fear coursed through me as I processed her words. How could she even consider sacrificing herself in such a way? The thought of losing her, of being left alone in a world without her light and warmth, was a darkness I couldn’t bear to contemplate.
I pushed her behind me in a deft move.
“Then let him come,” I growled out, eyes flashing yellow. “We will defeat him…together.”
“Gabe!” Evelina’s hands pushed at my back. “We can’t…countless lives will be lost in the battle. This is the only way, Gabe. The fate of everything we know hangs in the balance. I have to do this. I—”
“And what if there is anothe
