But the fact that he hadn’t given it much importance didn’t change that he could have done something more at that moment.
Alexander lifted his free hand and stopped his daughter, who, asleep as she was, had already begun to slide over his stomach and was on her way to falling from his lap. He caught her in time and adjusted her better, without waking her.
He lowered his voice slightly before continuing:
“I couldn’t put the pieces together until I was attacked,” he confessed. “I didn’t expect it. He led the panther to me, but I still don’t understand why. I truly don’t. Now that I know they were work partners, it’s obvious it was a plan between the two of them… they were playing with me. They knew I was alone, that there were no others like me in the area. I didn’t think about that until
