[Music recommendation: Jordan Critz - Îles]
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"If you are the devil, then why are you here… in the world of the living?"
The moment the question left her lips, she felt Gavriel's body stiffen.
His face revealed nothing, but she knew instinctively that her question had touched something raw. An old wound she hadn't even known existed.
At the back of her mind, Cillian's words echoed once again…
'Just know that there are things he has endured...'
Those words had remained with her ever since he had spoken them, and now she couldn't help but wonder what a powerful and terrifying ruler of the Underworld could possibly have endured.
The thought of him enduring any kind of pain squeezed her heart tightly, and seeing the sudden, distant look in his eyes made her instantly regret bringing it up.
Just as she opened her mouth to take the question back, he spoke.
"I was banished."
His voice was soft, but the weight of his words hit like a thunderclap.
