I placed a hand on his cheek and gave him a sad smile. “Leo, if we can’t get them out our way, then we’ll have to do it their way. I’ll just meet up with them and give them what they want.”Leo’s eyes flared with surprise and anger, and I felt him almost pull away from my touch. “No. Lyanna, absolutely not.”“Yes, Leo. I have complete faith that we’ll pull this off, but we have to face the possibility that it might come to that. I’d die for Mira and my parents,"“Well, you’re not going to," Leo growled. “I’m not letting you hand yourself over to them. They’ll drain you dry and most likely kill you. I won’t allow it. I can’t.”I stayed patient with him because I understood where his anger came from, I could see it from his perspective. If our positions were reversed and it was his parents and one of his friends being held, and he told me he was going to do what I’d just suggested, my reaction would’ve been identical. It wasn’t something I wanted to dwell on. It would’ve infuriated me.
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