“I will always protect you,” I promised, locking eyes on his tearful, gray ones. “Do you hear me? I will always be here to look after you. And I know you haven’t done anything wrong, okay? So, don’t for one second think that I’m ever going to turn my back on you. Blood or not, you’re my baby brother and you always will be.” “But?” Gibs interjected with a sniffle. “But she needs me,” I forced myself to say, feeling my heart boom like a drum in my chest. “Do you understand?” Gibs shook his head, looking up at me like a lost puppy. “No.”
