"I will not do it," Adrian said, his voice steady despite the devastating weight of everything his father had just revealed.
Damon studied him with cold, calculating patience. "You misunderstand, Adrian. This was never a request awaiting your permission. It was training, preparation for an obligation your entire upbringing was specifically designed to fulfill."
"Then my entire upbringing failed," Adrian said firmly, "because I refuse to murder a man who has done nothing except survive circumstances neither of us chose, defending himself against conspiracy your own family helped orchestrate."
Damon's expression hardened into something considerably colder now. "You would choose sentiment over your own family's survival."
"I would choose not becoming a murderer," Adrian said, "regardless
