As soon as Leon closed our dorm room door, he began the argument that I knew would come.
"Ashley, how many times do I have to tell that all I want to do, is to protect you."
"I know, but I am not a small child that cannot take care of myself!" Up until a few days ago I never knew the reason for most of the bad things in my life was because of the Defesta, but now that I know, I know that I will be able to protect myself and others around me. I knew that Leon also wanted to protect me and part of me was glad that I had someone else that was protecting me but another part of me wanted to protect myself and didn't want anybody else to get hurt.
"Things have changed though, Ashley. I know you feel like you can protect yourself and I know you can protect yourself but I want to also protect a
