“I was so young. My younger self didn’t understand how important it was to treasure and soak in all those memories. But the ones I have stay with me. Those memories kept me alive and helped drown out some of the nightmares.”
“He doesn’t love me like I love him,” I say hoarsely. “I love him enough
to burn the world to the ground in his name.”
“He just loves me enough to feel betrayed.”
“But she’s supposed to what? Just move on and forget it happened?” he goes on.
“Because of the law says it’s wrong to exact revenge on monsters unless you have a badge or a government decree?”
He takes a step toward me, holding his finger in my direction. “This is a girl who spent years training, learning control to keep her mind sound. Something our military or law enforcement doesn’t even require. These men? They destroyed her entire family. They destroyed her. Two fucking kids!”
“She may still want revenge, but everything else has been centered around you. She practically prayed the Boogeyman would come after her, just so she could kill him and end the threat he posed to your life. And you treat her like a monster. Why? Because she kills? Do you treat your military like monsters? Do you stare at your own reflection with such disdain? Because I’ve seen your file. You’ve shot and killed thirteen serial killers since your career began. Those were real monsters, just like all the men Lana has dispatched.””