He exhaled. She was right. Nathan was a little boy. He’d been thinking of him like a thing that could be discarded, left to die in the woods. But he couldn’t do that. He needed to keep him safe. Gabrielle had spoken to him directly, not even hiding behind her usual facade of pretending to talk to all her fans. She was talking to him. Telling him to keep her brother safe. And then, that whispered thank you. She’d never thanked him directly before. He’d always done what was needed for her, but she’d never expressed any gratitude. And in a way, he’d never minded; he didn’t expect anything else.
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