"Ho? How intriguing, you killed for these women and heard how they see you. Moreover, you took blows from me because of them. Yet you deny all that and say they are just your allies?"
David seems to be misunderstanding several things all at once. I would admit Bella, Jo, Jas, Liv, Aki and Robyn are special to me. Anyone who was willing to submit to me and follow me into death deserves my loyalty. Lilly is naturally not included in that as I only met her recently. I needed to straighten him out.
"You are wrong on several things David."
"Is that so? Then elucidate them for me then John. Why did you kill the ones who abandoned Liv Ivaldi, Aki Miroku and Robyn Lithgow? Depending on your answer the outcome would differ."
Funny how even if this bastard almost murdered me numerous times, I felt no anger towards him. This man was both my peer and goal. There were six more like him around the world.