Fists were no longer enough to keep Nathan from shaking. “You bastard…”
“This is the only chance I’m going to give you,” Gabriel said coolly. “If you choose to help those creatures, to side with evil, then you will be counted among evil. Let your brother go, Nathan,” he added almost mournfully, with the barest twitch of his apathetic face. “I had to do it once too. I know how hard it is. I let my sister go rather than see her live making a mistake that would have cost her more than her life. I took no joy in killing your mother that night, believe me. I only did what I had to do.”
“What?” Nathan gaped, shaking harder and feeling the cold around them creep into his skin. “What are you saying?”