If it meant taking Zack was the only way to keep Paul and Mateo safe, then I was going with that. I needed Mateo alive. To keep fighting for the Vatican. To help people. Because one thing was for sure. More was coming, and I would not take care of that alone. I needed Mateo. I needed Paul for more of the same reason I needed Mateo. To keep helping people. Paul was genuinely nice. He looked like someone who can give a lot to help someone out. I didn’t know him at the hotel and he helped me. Just like that. And here he was, still helping me with my fights. But another reason I needed Paul was because part of me was certain he was the man for me. That I was meant to be with Paul. That they mated me to him. He was my daughter’s keeper. She chose him to keep her safe. To protect her from eve

