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I stood in front of V, cutting Jaz off "I won’t let thelared "Why can’t you just let hiht Just take him back to London and let hiets suspicious"

Vaughn grabbed my shoulders "You think I’d do that? Run away and leave you here?"

I shrugged hi to control hn’s eyes flashed "Don’t be so stupid, Threads I’ story"

Jaz stiffened "You do realise saying ‘when this is all over’ is accepting your death, right?"

I groaned Great Perfect thing to say in front of an overprotective twin

"What?" Vaughn demanded "What the fuck does thatdeath I have one, V I can’t have people I love here"

Jaz suddenly shot forward and grabbedreckless, Nila I made an oath to Jethro to look after you I can’t break that promise"

My eyes widened "When did you make that?"

Her face softened "There are a lot of conversations and stolen moments in this house that you don’t see or hear The day the police caed him He refused to speak to me He pushed me out of his life completely, but he didn’t need to tell me for me to understand"

"There is so rumbled "I need some education Someone needs to fill nored hiining him alive and happy The fact he’d talked about me…that his sister kne he felt about me--it made our love so real Even if it was forbidden

My voice dropped to a whisper "You’re like him…aren’t you?"

"Like who?" V asked around a aze "He told you?"

Her tone was both awed and slightly miffed

"Does that offend you?" The residual dislike for her tainted my voice