Archer POV I love that she feels safe with me. We stay with her in my arms and her head against my chest for a long while. I just hold her, wishing that I could take her worry away. He will never have custody of Gabby. If I had that ba**ard in front of me I would kill him right now. "You need to mark her in case we have to." "Enough Brutus, when she is ready I will mark her but I'm not going to make it a decision she has to make to protect us." "Fine but I'm sure she would want to protect you as much as you are trying to protect her." "I will think about it but right now I just need to comfort her and make sure that ba**ard fails at whatever he is trying to do." "I know damn well this is not about him wanting Gabby." I can feel the tears through my t-shirt and I pick her head up to l