The vengeful cycle

"What did you say?" Shera was clearly shocked. Based on what she knew, Leo would not speak up for Helen. He may have rushed over but she thought that was just out of curiosity. How did it turn into him ordering them to stop?

"I said stop! What part of stop don't you understand?" 

Shera did not react and stared at him blankly, so he glared at Livian. "If you dare to pull the trigger, I will kill you." 

Livian was angered by this unexpected twist while Helen was so relieved that tears stained her face. 'I knew my son still loves me', she thought. If she was not being held dangerously by Livian, she would have made a smug face at Shera who had once said that Leo hated her. 

Livian waited for Shera's signal to pull the trigger and when he didn't get it, he turned to look at her in confusion. 

"Don't let go of her." Shera said then glared at Leo.