Botan drew me close to him. He was still standing tall.
"If you try to harm me or anyone in my family to avenge your son's blood, be sure to kill me first. If you fail, I won't leave a single man standing in your family. Anyone who wants to reopen this case I've closed, feel free to try," he said and started walking without letting go of my hand. We went up to my room.
"Sit," he said.
"What about your hand?" I asked.
"It's nothing serious. Sit. We need to talk," he said, and I sat down. Since he even held my hand, it must have been something serious.
"What will happen to you if I die?"
"Don't say such things."
He was not just the man I loved! He was also so young.
"We both know how likely this is to happen. Now answer me, what will happen to you?"
You simply couldn't take a
