h4Chapter 808: 808-The Volunteer/h4

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    "Now you’re making a big mistake. It won’t change anything. You know what? The pearl will vanish, and you’ll all be lost in the dream world. I really hope that happens."

    She screamed, calling it a dream world instead of a realm, because it truly was just a dream world, but better than Rune’s world. I snatched the pendant off my neck and took the pearl out. The more she watched me, the more she struggled, fighting with all her strength to get out of the bed.

    That’s when Gavin came into the room, sitting next to her bed and then lying down.

    "Wait, what’s going on? What the fuck is he here for?" Lucy screamed, grunting at him, but he didn’t look at her. He was just staring at the ceiling.

    "You really think she would speak to him? She hates him. If he goes there, she’ll just kill him," she hissed. I noticed Gavin clenching his fist.

    "Wait, what do you mean?" I asked, pausing, and Gavin looked down, sitting up on the bed to meet my gaze.

    "Oh, you don’t know? Imunicate with Lucy all the time, and she hates this motherfucker. If he goes into the realm, she’s definitely going to freak out and not want toe back. In fact, she would kill him."

    She continued yapping, showing us just how upset Lucy would be to see Gavin. I noticed a look of guilt appear on his face.

    "Well then, the other friends can go in there," Norman suggested, meaning Jenny, Lamar, and the others.

    "No, she was never their friend to begin with," I said, remembering how much she hated Jenny. And if both Lamar and Jenny went in, it would cause chaos. Lamar had a one-night stand with her, and Jenny had a one-night stand with her man.

    "I will go," Gavin said, raising his hand. Lucy hissed at him.

    "Well then, be ready to die," she grunted. Gavin chuckled, shaking his head.

    "Then I’m ready to die. She’s in there because of me, because I failed to protect her, because I failed to love her. I will go there, and I don’t care what she does to me. If killing me is what makes her return, then that’s what will happen," Gavin stated determinedly.

    Norman and I stared at Gavin in shock. He looked so determined that even the entity was just watching him with her eyes wide open.

    "Well, she definitely won’t want to return after she kills you. She’ll be ridden with guilt," Lucy muttered, turning red with anger. Gaviny down again, fixed his jacket, and gestured to me.

    "Come on, get started, Hnie," he said.

    I hesitated. I looked at Norman and then pointed toward the corner of the room.

    "May I have a word?" I asked, and he followed me.

    "What are you thinking?" Norman asked as soon as we were out of Lucy’s earshot.

    "I don’t want Gavin to go on this suicide mission. He’s regretting a lot of his decisions, and right now he thinks sacrificing himself will help him feel better whether it’s going after the zharns or being sacrificed by his ex," I exined. Norman nodded, staring at Gavin, probably thinking the same thing.

    "Then I’ll go with him," he said and I frowned.

    "Oh,e on. It’ll be Lucy. The entity won’t be there, and Lucy will never flirt with me. And even if she does, Hnie, you know I’ll never cheat on you." He sounded exhausted, but I guessed it was because of his own mistakes.

    After a brief pause, I nodded my head.

    "Then, how about I go?" I whispered, watching him frown.

    "No, you’re pregnant. If they start something, they’ll hurt you," Norman said. While we were talking, I noticed Gavin approaching us.

    "Guys, I want to be alone with her. Please, just have some faith," he said. For the next five minutes, he convinced us he wanted to go first.

    "If you see me coughing up blood in my sleep, you’ll know she’s hurting me. Then you can jump in. But right now, I want to be the only one to go in there. Please," he requested.

    "Are you sure, Gavin? I don’t want you to act based on emotion. I know you feel guilty and responsible for Lucy being trapped for so long. But trust me, none of us saw iting. Even her own family was convinced, because the entity was so clever," I spoke softly, trying to make him understand that nobody would me him if he didn’t want to go. Besides, we didn’t even know how Lucy would respond to him.

    However, he shook his head. "I’m positive. I want to be the one to go there. Hnie! before my mate, she was my best friend. She was my everything. And I didn’t break things off with her because I fell out of love with her."

    That confession from Gavin came out of the blue, though I had already suspected it.

    "I broke things off with her because it had be too toxic. I was afraid we’d end up hating each other. I was scared to fix things. I couldn’t imagine that she gave me a taste of my own medicine when she cheated on me. I was a loser through and through. But even until the end, when she jumped off the tenth floor, I hadn’t stopped loving her. I just wanted to separate from her because the guilt of cheating and ruining our rtionship was too much for both of us. Instead of facing my problems and fixing them, I ran away," he said, finally pouring out his emotions.

    I noticed Norman gently touch the back of his hand to mine, sending warmth across my body.

    "But what if she attacks you?" I asked, not ready to take a risk.

    "Come on, you guys are believing the entity’s words. Don’t you think it’s weird that she doesn’t want me to go there?" Gavin countered.

    As soon as he put it that way, both Norman and I started to realize we were listening to someone who would never want Lucy to wake up, and she would never be thoughtful toward anyone else. So why would she care if Gavin dies or not?