Beyond the Fairy Gate

Chapter 27

Gabriel

Once the door shut behind Gabriel he sank to the ground and listened to his mate start to slowly break apart on the other side. Deep down, he knew that she wanted to be alone to cry and morn her uncle. He knew and he hated it. He wanted to go in there, hold her in his lap, and sooth away all of the rough edges that she had, but he also knew that, in this moment, it wasn't what she wanted. All she wanted was to go back to her old life in the human world with her uncle and the fact that she couldn't was tearing her apart from the inside.

"Gabriel," He turned to see Shanell slide off the bed and sit on the floor close to him. Janti standing off to the side his face looked slightly grim as he just looked at the ground. The rest of his scouts were sitting on his bed looking at him. "That bad?" He ran his hand through his hair.

"She's hurting so much, and I don't know what to do to help."

"Why don't you go back over there and be with her while she crys?" Shanell asked sounding confused. Gabriel shook his head.

"She doesn't want me there, not right now." He whispered. His scouts fell silent.

"Well, I think you should go over there." Adrenell spoke softly. "Lady Nyline is used to constantly being alone so she doesn't know what it means to have someone there for her." Her purple eyes glowed as they looked at him.

"Yeah," Sigma spoke in her soft voice as she walked over and pulled Gabriel up onto his feet. "You said that her skin is always cold until you touch her right? Well, it might be the same for her heart." Gabriel looked over at her and felt his face soften.

"You don't think some alone time might be good for her to process everything?"

"With all due respect, I think she needs someone more than anything right now." Janti spoke as he gripped his clipboard. Gabriel turned, his hand on the door when he stopped. Voices rumbled from the other side. He took his hand off the handle and took a step back.

"Pallsana and Omega," Delta spoke softly, her face pulling up on one side. "That's my sister and her mate for you."

"Not going in?" Adrenell spoke sounding slightly annoyed and Gabriel looked over at her.

"She's not alone," His voice was off, "That's why I gave her maids." He took a breath in and let it out slowly.

"Thinking you lost your chance boss?" Dashiner asked.

"I think this time I did, but it's not bad."

"Why is that?" Delta asked sounding confused.

"She's afraid of me." Silence followed his words as he turned and looked at them.

"Wait why?" Shanell stood her voice rising just slightly.

"Nyline," He started but then stopped. Collecting his thoughts before he continued. "From what I've seen in the small amount of memories that I've had the chance to look at, she really didn't have anyone other than Jonathan. She was on good terms with the Guardians of the fairy gate but that's about it. She was harshly bullied by a group of girls during her primary schooling, then when she went on, she had more bullies. All bullies and no friends." He pressed his hands together, spreading the fingers out. "She's afraid of how easily she's letting me in, which is understandable. After years of hiding behind that calm mask she has, to have someone simply be able to see underneath that without any effort or even a choice, scares her a lot. I can see into her mind, understand her emotions, speak with her," He looked down at his hand, "She even lets me touch her but whereas her soul is accepting me, her mind is fighting it." He paused his mind focusing on Nyline as the three of them started talking about mate sickness and he winced. Telling her the knowledge without her asking, only keeping the more detailed part out of it. His heart hurt when she ignored him when he asked if she was okay.