Kapitel 361: (Not) sense of duty

Renato had managed to calm the others and convince them not to oppose Woods. Woods would check - for the second time around - that Luciano Polenta wasn't there, and he would have left.

There wasn't anything to fight for anymore, either way. Being wounded and potentially killed would have been a waste.

«They're not here for us, okay?» Renato repeated. «Stay calm, and everything will be over very soon.»

He was surprised himself, but he could believe in his own words. After almost dying for his pack at the hands of the same people he was going to let pass unscathed, he had realised a few things about Norwich.

First of all, if not forced, they wouldn't kill. No one would have been hurt either if not needed. He had the power to protect his people by convincing them not to interfere.

«He'll leave sooner than you think,» he said, his thoughts flying back to the little devil waiting in his room.