Connor POV
Understanding comes across her features. “Because they would have never been able to touch her if you had been there already.”
“How are you so sure I wouldn’t just get her killed?"
She gives me a look that says she’s already answered this. “You would kill anyone for her without hesitation. It’s written all over you. She wouldn’t go down easy on her own, either. She‘s not fragile like glass. If there was ever proof that people could be made for each other, it would be you two. And that would mean she’s built for a savage.” She playfully shoves at me. “And for whatever your life would entail.”