Claimed By Labête: The Beast
“Talk to me, please.”
I hesitated, my eyes scanning around the room. “There’s something I need to ask you, and I need a truthful answer. Is… is Gabriel—” my voice dropped, spiraling, “—because of the curse?”
Carl went stiff for a couple of seconds.
“No,” he then said very quickly. “Why would you even be thinking of that?”
“But he’s different, Carl. Shutting out, hurting people he cares about. That isn’t normal, and we both have seen this before…”