"Don't tell me…"
Gabriel's gaze stayed on the distant boy.
He could not see the face clearly, but he did not need to. The pressure was weaker than what he had felt in the king's chamber, but the feeling was too similar to ignore. It was the same quiet force, only younger and less complete.
There was a high chance this was the king when he was young.
Gabriel did not move closer immediately. Since this was only a memory fragment, no one here should be able to see or sense him. That made observing safer, and for now, he wanted to understand what kind of relationship these three once had.
From the way young Torin and young Aston stood around the boy, they did not seem like strangers or mere subordinates. Their eyes moved toward him too naturally. Their shoulders loosened slightly whenever he stepped forward. It looked like they were friends, though the one Gabriel could not see clearly was obviously the center among them.
