It was good to have silence on Leon's end.
Nyla could finally say whatever she wanted to say without a rebuttal from him and she took full advantage of it.
She did lecture him about being too reckless with his own life.
Even though she loved that trait where he always had to be the hero and save the day.
She also hated it too because his tendencies to act rashly could have ended up with more severe consequences, they almost lost him today.
Then she said, "we almost lost him today."
He couldn't believe what he thought he heard. He wanted her to say it again.
Leon was overjoyed at first but then he thought about their situation and how enemies were gunning for them.
Now he had just become a weakness and made their situation even ten times worse.
All his self recriminations were forgotten when Nyla smiled and reached over and put his hand on her flat stomach.
