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Until he stepped into the clearing, Gabriel honestly hadn’t been sure what he intended to do. Some part of him — the more cautious, measured part — had advised him to wait, telling him that the null and his sister couldn’t stay here forever. Once they were gone, he and Ava would have been free to continue on their route.
On the other hand, it seemed as though fate — or God, or Providence — had dropped the very person he needed to talk to directly into his lap, so to speak. Wouldn’t it be better to have such a conversation here in this very private place, a location where they were unlikely to be disturbed?
Still, confronting them so openly was a calculated risk. Alessandro couldn’t hurt him, precisely, but he could immediately block Gabriel’s and Ava’s powers, making the encounter mu
