If he’s being honest, that’s a hard thought. He loves this girl. He knows it, even if the details feel foggy. That’s powerful — he’s spent more time with her than any other woman in his life, and that means something, for a man who wanders as he does.

But he loves his family, too. His Brotherhood. His need for revenge, too, and the change it might bring to his home if he succeeds in it.

He doesn’t get a choice in the trade, but it feels like a hard one. One he isn’t certain he would make carelessly, either.

He runs his thumb over the back of her hand.

“Steph,” he murmurs. “That troubles me too.”