Hours pass.Hours of pacing, thinking, breaking, rebuilding, breaking again.The sky shifts slowly outside, darkness creeping in, and Gabriel is still there, still trapped in his own head, still fighting a war inside himself.“Go back.”“Don’t go back.”“Tell him.”“Don’t tell him.”“Handle it alone.”“You can’t handle it alone.”His body aches. His wounds burn. He knows the more time he wastes, the more time Holly is prone to more danger.But he still can't bring himself to make a decision.Gabriel drags a hand through his hair, pacing harder now, his steps uneven, restless. He stops abruptly, staring at the wall like he can see through it.“Think!” he snaps at himself harshly. “There has to be another way… there has to be something.” His mind flashes with images of the mountains, of a place he barely knows but has heard about—cold, ruthless, controlled by power. Nicholas’ territory. Nicholas’ rules.“You go there alone… you die,” Gabriel mutters bitterly. He lets out a broken laug
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