Chapter 78: Triss’ First Kill

The moment the words left his lips, Henry knew he had lost any chance of shutting down the topic, and soon, Triss would ask a question that would 'force' him to go into detail. 

Sure enough,

"What does that mean?" Triss asked, sounding genuinely curious despite the slight tone of outrage Henry failed to detect. 

Henry took a few seconds to pick his words carefully. He didn't think Yelena's past was his to discuss so when he spoke, he kept her confidence as well as he could. 

"She's not a killer," Henry said. 

"A killer?," Triss let out and she wrinkled her nose, "Like us, you mean? You think we're killers?"

Her tone made it seem Henry's words had hit her ears wrong but seeing as he couldn't tell how anything he had said could be offensive, Henry continued, 

"Well, yes," he said, "We've taken lives… But she's different. She's— been through a lot." 

"And you think I haven't? You think Stefan hasn't? You think Charles hasn't?"