In her previous life, Kira had never heard someone say those words to her. ‘I’ll keep you safe!’ Not once did she ever hear somebody wanting to keep her safe. Who would have thought that she would be hearing it to a man she barely knew… Life really works in mysterious ways.
For her, keeping someone safe and protecting someone is a different thing. Protecting someone is an obligation and a responsibility bestowed on a person. This is what she had been feeling with Auntie Herma and Bariston. Both of them wanted to protect her. This was a responsibility tasked by her late mother to them.
But, she knew that if her mother didn’t entrust her to them, they wouldn’t risk their lives protecting her. They are protecting her because it was their responsibility.
Keeping someone safe is the opposite
