ThANE POV
The best part was his silence.
I did not know what I would have done with comfort.
Probably made an awkward face and managed a smile that would have looked more like a grimace.
We turned another corner.
“She’ll hate me if I kill them,” Liam said finally.
I thought about that.
The easy answer would have been yes.
The honest answer was worse.
“She won’t hate you.”
His shoulders loosened a fraction.
I finished, “But Perse has sent a jolt of current straight to my balls for way less than that.”
He went still.
I kept my eyes ahead.
“Killing them won’t undo what happened. Won’t make the fury leave her body. Won’t make you feel better either.” My mouth twisted. “Trust me.”
He breathed once.
Hard.
“She was mine all along and I—”
The words came out broken, and I did not
