"Turn tail and go," Thomas shouted.
I crawled toward Lee and blocked Sasha's view with my body as I took his face in my hands.
He immediately did the same, his hands shaking violently, and pressed his forehead to mine. "Aika, my head. But...Jade? Why? Why Jade mad? Why?"
All I could do was bite back my sobs and hold my palms to his ears to keep him from hearing Jade screaming at the top of her lungs at Lager. Lee hated loud noises, hated high emotions even worse, and all I wanted to do was not upset him further, ease his pain, and hold him to me.
"I'll remember this," Lager shouted. "I'll remember that you killed two of my men in cold blood."
"I will fucking destroy you, do you hear me?" Jade screamed. "I will fucking rip you apart for hurting him."
"Better put a leash on that one," Lager shot back, his boots retreating a few steps more.
Coward. The day his dead body withered away until he was nothing but a useless pile of bones couldn't come soon enough.