She nearly did throw the phone against the wall as anger surged over her. "If I could have, I would have killed him. every single time I tried, I failed and had to retreat to stay alive myself." He had come very, very close to the truth. But he was wrong. "I had to retreat each and every time, because he would have killed you before I could stop it. So of course I love you. Of course you're important to me, and I can already tell that no matter what I say, you'll hate me. You won't believe me"