chapter 43(2)

Mateo reaches for me as Ezra slams the front door. “Just hear Andrei out. He isn’t all bad, Kat. We have known him for years,” Mateo tries to reassure me, but I have my doubts. Mateo kisses my temple, letting me go. “He took my father and killed my mother, Mateo.” “And with your family's secrets, he might just have a reason to, Kat. He knew what you were when he saw you. It is too much of a coincidence. He knows something, Ezra is right, and for once, you need to listen to him, don't do anything where you force Ezra’s hand because if he says he is going to do something, he will, even if it means killing your father,” Mateo all too painfully reminds me. Mateo heads toward the door, and I call after him. "You can't expect me to simply walk away if Andrei threatens to kill my father, Mateo." Mateo stops and presses his lips in a line. "Yes, I can because if our roles were reversed, and it came down to Ezra or me, who would you choose, Kat?" “Both of you, you know this,” I argue. Mateo thr