14
Had his magic always hummed in his veins like this, always made him feel such a sense of well-being, as though someone had bottled the most perfect day possible and he had just drunk that sublime beverage?
Gabriel didn’t think so, but he couldn’t remember for sure. Once upon a time, he might have taken this feeling for granted. Now he knew he would never be so careless again.
Elena’s familiarity with the being who had restored him to himself didn’t bother him all that much, although he could tell Ava was still somewhat flummoxed by how friendly the two of them had been with each other. In a way, he could understand why Elena would have reached out to these entities, had been friendly with them. Thanks to her strange gift, she had nothing to fear from any of those beings, and since he
