‘I trust you. I’ve trusted you from the start. Even when you told me not to. But they’re going to do things to me... things that might... if I ever got back to you, I might never...’ ‘We’ll deal with it,’ he said. ‘All you have to concentrate on is breathing, ok?’ ‘You won’t want me.’ ‘This isn’t your fault,’ he growled with a ferocity that made her shiver. ‘You are my woman. I don’t care how many fuckers I have to kill to get to you, I’ll do it. Do you believe me?’

