Sam scowled for a moment, still wishing he could find a way to find this guy and hunt him down for this. Still he held Lis close for a moment, trying to get his own thoughts straight.
"I don't entirely know where I see this going," he started, honestly. "You're like no one else I've ever met and how I feel about you both confuses and scares the hell outta me. But I'm not gonna be looking to jump straight into Gabriel's place. I've been down that road before and it just got a lot of people hurt. Maybe, in time, sure, but I'll need to know really where I stand before anything like that can happen. What I can promise you is in one form or another I will be there for you, as a friend if nothing else, to support you whenever you need it. And nothing and no one is going to stop that."