Serena decided to continue drowning herself in alcohol, trying to forget the last couple of minutes and the fact that Britney was dead.
"Sister-in-law..." Killian's gruff tone snapped her back to the present.
Serena glanced over to see him eyeing her. Although her vision was blurry due to drunkenness, she saw no remorse or desire in his piercing stare - only the cool calculation of a bodyguard assessing potential threats to his principal and determining the appropriate course of action.
Killian was many things: a skilled operative, an efficient killer when the brutal situation demanded it, and above all, fiercely loyal to Knox.
He was no lovesick fool prone to getting swept up in misguided romantic notions.
Serena was strictly off-limits in that regard. She was practically family.
