Gabriel stared at Jonathon and I could tell that he was reading Jonathon’s thoughts.
An intake of breath came from Gabriel.
“No,” said Gabriel, “She can’t be.”
“I don’t know for sure. But I think so,” said Jonathon sadly. I looked intensely between the two.
“You do realize that if they get wind of this they’ll take her,” said Gabriel.
“I’ll never let that happen. And technically it isn’t her that they will want,” whispered Jonathon.
Gabriel read Jonathon’s mind and nodded.
“If you’re right about this you better be prepared for an even bigger fight than what is to be expected with Selena,” said Gabriel.
“I hope I’m wrong,” whispered Jonathon.
“I hope so too for both your sakes. They’ve been waiting a long time for the prophecy to be fulfilled and if they find out about the two of you they’ll hunt you down. Just know that I’ll do whatever I can to make sure they don’t find out,” said Gabriel.
Jonathon chuckled but I could sense the stress behind it, “You’re actually a pretty good guy, Gabriel.”
Gabriel shrugged. “Don’t tell anybody though. I’ll lose my street cred,” he said laughing.
Gabriel turned to leave and we did the same.
“Jonathon?” said Gabriel.
“Yes?”
“If it comes to a fight later on with them I’ll be by your side. After all, I’ve been waiting two-thousand or so years to take down those bastards. They ruined my life,” whispered Gabriel. With my human ears I barely heard him.
“Thanks Gabriel,” said Jonathon to the night and trees. Gabriel had already disappeared into the darkness. A reluctant predator of the night.
We began the trek back through the dark woods. Now that Jonathon wasn’t on a mission he walked at a normal pace.
“What’s going on, Jonathon?” I asked. I wanted to know what had silently been exchanged between the two.
Jonathon didn’t say anything.
“Jonathon? Please answer me. I am so sick of always being the one out of the loop. Obviously this has something to do with me, please tell me?” I cried.
Jonathon growled and stopped. He turned towards me so quickly that he was a blur. Breath hissed through his teeth.
“I-can’t-tell-you! Do you understand? If I tell you you’re as good as dead! Up until a few moments ago this was only in my head! I haven’t told anyone what I suspect! Not even Patrick! I could be wrong! Oh, God how I hope I’m wrong! I-I,” as words failed him he grabbed me around the neck and crushed his lips against mine.
Breath failed me. Jonathon had never kissed me like this before. Everything disappeared except for the two of us. This moment would have been perfect if it had
n’t been tinged with danger. Behind his kiss I sensed his stress. He was scared. He held me as close as he could and I thought if he could he would hold me like this forever. He broke the kiss and looked into my eyes.
A single tear escaped my eyes, “You’re really scared aren’t you?”
“Terrified,” he said wiping away the tear. “If the time comes where I have to tell you, I will. But for now it’s better if you’re kept in the dark. I don’t want you to have to worry. I’m doing enough of that for the two of us.” He said holding my face in his hands.
“Promise you’ll tell me when the time comes. Promise, me,” I said.
“I promessa,” he said.
He took my hand in his once more and we started walking.