Nathan eyed the old Davis carefully as he slowly stepped between him and Crystal. Then he touched the tip of the old man's pistol and said, "If you want to shoot Crystal, you'll have to shoot through me to get to her."
The old Davis: "You bastard."
Anger burned in Nathan's eyes as he glared into the old man's eyes, and in a voice as cold as ice, he said, "There's something you need to understand about me: The more you want to destroy something that belongs to me, the more I want to protect it, and I would even risk my life to oppose you."