21. Repentance
She hadn't expected him to react this way.
It wasn't like anyone was listening. There were no appearances to keep up. Havoc would have remained asleep if he hadn't made such a racket about it all. She had opted to tell him the whole truth, and he had reacted much more harshly to it than she had expected.
Not that she didn't deserve it. She knew that even what he had said wasn't enough to reprimand her for what she had done. She had been foolish, stupid, weak, and now she had to repent for it because he had to put his own life in danger to protect hers when she wouldn't.
But even though he should have, he hadn't given up on her. He would continue to trust her. And to hear him say that again, even in the tone of an officer to a subordinate, she would beg forgiveness a thousand times over.