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“When did you get so optimistic?” Jonathon asked

“Eh,” he shrugged again “I htest ray of sunshine out there,” he sly, “but I have inals…this is thefor my whole existence,” he whispered the last part under his breath

“How are you so confident?” Jonathon leaned into the table

Gabriel let his feet drop to the ground “Because, the Originals think they’re invincible, but nothing and no one is invincible Even va that to our advantage”

“You’ve thought about this a lot,” Jonathon stated

Gabriel srimly, “Only since the moment I watched them kill my family and turn me into a monster”

Jonathon’s eyes narrowed “Do you really believe we’re all monsters?”

“Yes,” Gabriel replied without pause “Every day is a struggle for us, a struggle to hold onto our last shred of hule not to succumb to our thirst At the end of the day, all of us,” he looked at Jonathon and me, “are monsters”

“I don’t think we’re monsters,” Jonathon whispered

Gabriel’s eyes narrowed “Have you killed a human?”

Jonathon squirmed and reluctantly admitted, “Yes”

“Monsters That’s all we are and all we ever will be…forever”

With that, Gabriel stood and left the room in the blink of an eye

“Fight back!” Gabriel yelled when I refused to hit Jonathon