Danny's POV
I slammed my bedroom door and twisted the lock until it clicked, the sound echoing like a final nail in a coffin. I sank to the floor, my back against the wood, my lungs feeling like they were filled with dry sand.
What was wrong with Gabriel?
I closed my eyes and all I could see was that twisted mirror image of myself. The blonde hair, the blue eyes, the stolen shirt and him pinning Noah to the wall. It was a replay of Leo. It was a replay of every time I finally reached for a hand and Gabriel was there to bite it off.
We used to be best friends. We used to share secrets and cheap takeout, and now he was trying to skin me alive and wear my life like a costume. I never really thought much about it but it finally all clicked.
Is it me? I wondered, a sob hitching in my thro
