Chris observed May's reaction, worried about her. He didn't want to frighten her, but he had failed to keep his tone under check when he had heard what Leonard Thorne had asked of her.
She was his granddaughter! Part of his family! How could he ask her to spy on Chris, with all the risks attached?
«I'm not angry,» he said, trying to comfort her. «Not with you.»
«I'm not frightened,» she replied, her gaze challenging but her body still showing the stress from before. She was clenching the armrests, her eyes wide open and her lower lip trembling slightly. She was sweating cold as if he had cornered her.
But he didn't want anything from her! On the contrary, he was concerned about what her family wanted from her.
«Is the Prime Minister blackmailing you? he inquired.
«No,» May said. Her response was so fast that Chris couldn't help but doubt her.
