Chapter 334

• She raised her head to look at him, her expression serious. "If I believed for one second that you deliberately meant our children harm that would be a different matter. I know you love them. You've made mistakes, love, but they're not irreparable ones. You're just an overprotective father. If you can finally understand that now, then we can work together to reassure Lily that she doesn't need to hide from us any longer."
• "She doesn't have anyone out there to protect her," Andrei said in a haunted voice. "Now that she knows of the Praetorians, she'll most likely shadow herself so they can't track her. She'll think they'll report back to us."
• That concern had also occurred to Loretta but she kept her worry hidden. Having Andrei freak out was more than enough. Lily didn't need to have both parents out of control.