[Music recommendation: Poets of the Fall - Black Waters]
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Gavriel gave her a weak smile as he tried to reassure her. "Don't cry, baby... nothing will happen to me. I'm... fine."
But Aliana could not believe a single word leaving his bloodied lips, not with warm blood soaking through her fingers. "Then why are..." She could not finish her question before Gavriel's eyelids began to grow heavy.
Just then, Cillian, having knocked Rufus unconscious, rushed over to where Aliana and Gavriel were. Reve also arrived just in time.
Cillian swiftly pulled Gavriel's heavy body off her, prompting Aliana to yell, "Cillian! Gav... he's hurt!"
"Don't worry, Aliana, he'll be fine. The bullet has only stunned him for a moment," Cillian told her quickly.
Reve frowned deeply, staring at the spreading stain on Gavriel's chest. "It doesn't seem like a normal bullet to have this effect on him."
