“Let me get this straight, Leo’s employer wants to kill you because he found out that you were feeding me information?”  Lea nodded.  “Then why come here?”  And risk both of us.
“Because I know you’re able to protect me.”
My eyes narrowed.  “You realize that I don’t protect, I destroy.”
Shrinking back, her eyes found her twisting hands.  “But, what about that girl?  You protected her.”  That was different.  Looking back, I didn’t protect her.  Tried and failed.  I don’t protect.  I can’t.  Even when I wanted to.  “She’s still alive.”  The girl I knew Anna to be was gone.  Lea’s eyes found mine.  “Can I just hide here for a while?”&nb...

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