I was here for Leda, and no matter how much of an asshole her brother was being, he was too. We would protect her together.
“Leda,” Nico was saying, something akin to sadness on his face. “I know what he did.”
“But you don’t,” she interrupted. “You couldn’t. I know he did things to you, Nico, and I’m not discounting that, but he doesn’t view you the same way he views me. To him, I’m still a brood mare he can sell—even if he thinks I’m damaged goods. I can’t—” Her voice broke and I started toward her, unable to help it any longer. “I won’t let him walk this earth any longer.
“So I don’t care what your plan entails, Nico.” She continued. “But the only thing I ask is that I get the chance to kill him.”
I placed my arm around her waist, and to my surprise, Leda leaned into my touch.
“I think you need to go,” I told Nico.
He bristled. “This isn’t over—”
“It is,” I cut in.
Nico looked at me for a long second before he gave me a curt nod. “I will be in touch.”
Leda didn’t even tell her brother goodbye as he exited the warehouse, but the moment he did, she moved away from my touch, and I knew I was in for a fight from her.
Well, she could bring it all she cared to, but my answer was going to remain the same as her brother’s. I wasn’t going to let Leda go down that road. She was too fucking good to ruin her life like that.