Chương 420: Three Counts- Part 2

Calhoun saw how worry started to plague Madeline's mind. To ease her mind, he said,

"Instead of thinking what you are is going to hurt you, claim it to be something that belongs to you. Be proud of it, Maddie, because this thing that is inside you, it utterly and solely belongs to you in every sense. If people are going to hunt you for certain reasons, use those same reasons to hunt them back."

"I don't think I have it in me to kill people," replied Madeline, and Calhoun took hold of her hands. 

"I know that you don't. Maybe you don't have to kill the people who are after you but only put them in their rightful coffins. Your grandparents did it, it is just to protect yourself and nothing more or less than that," Calhoun squeezed her hand. "Haven't you heard about the knife having the ability not only to kill to take a life, but also has the ability to cut an apple to feed a person."