Jamie could barely stand, but he wasn’t going to let this man murder the boy behind him. He didn’t care why the boy was here. He only knew that the boy looked to be around 14, and he didn’t bring himself here. Jamie knew what it was like to be forced to ride the tide of your family’s plans for you, and the boy wouldn’t have had a choice. He didn’t deserve to die.
“This could have been Akiko or Yuri four years ago. They wouldn’t know that I don’t want to hurt them, and they’d want to kill me too. It’s not his fault,” Jamie thought on a loop.
“So,” the man said. “You’re going to risk your life for a Kitsune? One you’ve never met, and one that was trying to kill you just minutes ago?”
“I’d rather talk about this,” Jamie returned through gritted teeth as he struggled to stand. “But I won’
