Kendra unleashed her dagger that was strapped around her calf and held it pointed the demon prince. "How are you alive, Navarog?" Kendra asked ferociously.
"Wow, this is awkward… I uh… came out the other end. Of Raxtus, I mean. What did you expect, I am a demon prince, I am slightly harder to kill." Navarog awkwardly replied.
Kendra didn't fall for his innocence. "Don't make me drive this blade through your heart. What do you want with Fablehaven?" Kendra asked not taking her eyes off Navarog.
"Um Kendra" Bracken interrupted "Who is that?" he asked sheepishly.
The wind was blowing vigorously and swirling Kendra's hair around her didn't hesitate "Just an old acquaintance." She replied
"Woah, Woah, Woah," Navarog said "Kendra, are you really going with that. I thought we had something… something special." Kendra didn't flinch "You may not remember, but I imagined you had feelings for me."
"Hold up!" Bracken said as he got in between Kendra and Navarog, then turned to face Navarog. "That is my girlfriend you are talking to and-" Navarog threw a punch that landed across Bracken's face, and sent him to the ground.
"Bracken!" Kendra cried before turning her attention back to Navarog "Listen Gavi-" Kendra cleared her throat "Listen Navarog, I don't know what you think you are doing here or how you expect to be given any sympathy, but-"
"I love you." Navarog said "And I prefer being called Gavin" Kendra was speechless. "I don't expect a warm welcome or anything, all I want is your forgiveness. I am not going to blame the Sphinx for what I did because that is a sorry excuse. He tried to persuade me to do his dirty work, but I was the one who agreed. Yes, I take full blame for what I did, and not only that, regret every word I said. The one thing I regret most is hurting you, Kendra. You mean the world to me. Please, all I hope you can do is look into your heart and remember the good times we had, how you kept ahold of your flashlight through that entire mess of a battle. The rain stick souvenir. Whenever you were scared I was the one to hold your hand. Remember the letters that we wrote to each other, I memorized everyone you sent me. If I had a choice to go back to that time when I revealed my true self, I would. I know you loved me. I loved you too, and I should have said it. The thing is, I still love you, Kendra. I will do everything in my power to see to it that you can possibly forgive me. What I did was so wrong, if I were you I don't know if I would forgive me. But maybe can you consider?"
Kendra stood with an open mouth, completely and utterly speechless. Bracken stood up dazed. He swayed around for a bit. "Look bud," Bracken said coming back from being knocked out "I don't know who you think you are but get this in your head, Kendra is my girlfriend and she is not inter-"
"I will tell you who I think I am," Gavin said, "I am the guy that Kendra loved before you came along." Gavin looked proudly at Bracken then kinda nervous toward Kendra.
Bracken walked to Kendra who had tucked her dagger back on her calf. "Why did you never talk about him before?" Bracken asked, not really wanting a response.
"Bracken listen to me," Kendra begged, "It was a long time ago…"
"One year," Gavin said through obviously fake coughs.
"Right." Kendra agreed "But he was a night of dawn," Kendra started explaining to Bracken, "he was helping us on a quest at the Lost Mesa to retrieve some of the artifacts, and then at the Dragon Sanctuary he revealed himself as Navarog, the demon prince, and ate and killed a few people." Kendra finished fairly calmly, but quietly. Gavin hung his head.
"But the question is," Gavin said through his pouted hip "Does she forgive me for that?"