Ha, Gates better watch out now! I have a feeling he won't be in this world much longer. I was going to say that Matt protects his own, but Gates was his own before Kaedyn was...But I guess I shouldn't jump to conclusions, you didn't show Matt's reaction to what Kaedyn told him. Although I have a pretty good feeling that he's going to exact revenge with her.
Heck, maybe he's had problems with Gates in the past and now's just a great excuse to punish him for it.
I love how people always cast Brian as the jerk. In like every story that doesn't have Brian as the central Avenged character, he's always like a womanizer and a jerk. No one portrays him as like a nice guy, unless he's one of the main characters that forms a couple with an original character. Then he's like the sweetest, nicest guy. Not in every story, but many of them.
Wow I have sitting here for what seems like forever because I couldn't stop reading! This is so fuckin' good, can't wait to find out what shadows does to Gates! Update soon please!!
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