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“So you silenced him.” “I contained a liability.” Lina’s voice cut in, sharp. “You killed him.” My father didn’t look at her. He looked at me. “Leadership,” he said quietly, “is choosing who pays the price so the rest survive.” The room felt smaller. Damien’s voice echoed in my head: I thought you were different. “Did you tell me?” I asked. “No.” “Why?” “Because you needed to lead without hesitation. Doubt makes men weak.”

The daughter looks straight at me, unblinking, like she’s already decided what I am. “We’ve been under protection before,” the father says after a moment. “It didn’t hold.” There it is. Distrust that runs too deep for reassurance. History that outweighs promises. I feel the instinct to press, to explain what’s different here, how I won’t let the same thing happen again. I don’t. Leadership isn’t convincing people you’re safe. It’s respecting when they decide you aren’t. “All right,” I say quietly. “Then let me at least give you the safest routes out.”