Gareth turned the corner with the group and stood under the shade, staring around in the dark and up at the moon. He took a deep breath as he tried to calm down, but all things turned awry as Eva reared her ugly head with something nefarious. The glint of silver in the dark frightened him. "Sophia!" He shouted. "Get behind me!" With all his anguish and through all the angst, Harker fought to bring himself to act in defense of him and Sophia, pulling his bow out and aiming for the Tauran, another face of evil in the middle of all of their troubles. The other foe showed up, and Gareth knew instantly that Jezin had failed, as he suspected. Everything came crashing down, and he knew he couldn't protect Sophia even if he tried, otherwise they'd both be dead. Nevertheless, he would try to at least protect her.