Aliana looked up to look at his face and whispered in a quivering voice, "Gav… w-what do we do?"
"What deal is she talking about?" Gavriel asked suddenly.
"What?" Aliana questioned, bewildered.
"Did you make a deal with any spirits?" Gavriel demanded. His expression was so severe, so dark, that Aliana wondered if he was angry with her.
She quickly shook her head.
"I don't know what she's talking about. I can't even recognise who it is. Do you know how many spirits haunted me before I met you? Please help me... Jade... I-I can't lose her...."
Her voice broke on the last words. Her grip tightened around his robe as her eyes began to brim with unshed tears.
And Gavriel saw the raw terror pouring out of her. In truth, he didn't even need to look into her eyes to know it was there. He had been able to taste her fear from the exact moment the entity revealed it had possessed her friend's body.
