Chapter 121

This thought practically made me tremble. Love. It was an equally exhilarating and frightening concept. I stared up at Gabriel, feeling my nerve endings come alive as I realized he had taken a couple steps closer and was now a mere few feet from me. He was gazing at me intently, observing every inch of my face as if he desperately wanted to know what I was thinking. "What else did she say to you?" Gabriel asked quietly. I instantly knew he was referring to Eva and I looked away. Her words had been humiliating, and I didn't want to repeat them. "I could tell you were arguing before I arrived. Tell me what she said." I sighed, feeling the heat of embarrassment under my skin, hotter even than the traces of the fever that remained. It was going to be horrible to say the words again aloud. "She just told me her opinion. She has a right to-" "Skylar," he growled impatiently and I sighed again. "She told me that I'm weak, and in