His brows rose up when she said Vaughn was trying to kill people, and his hand instinctively squeezed her; reassuring her that he was there, reassuring him that he wouldn’t let her get hurt too. “I will. I’ll operate in a No Vaughn zone from now on.” It was a little teasing, just to lighten the mood, but the promise was still there. He would stay away from this Vaughn person. He just had to find out who it was first.
“So she’s the reason everyone’s so damn jumpy?” He remembered people talking about self defense lessons and could see why it was such a big deal. “You should be careful too,” which was ridiculous since she had more experience in the building and its inhabitants than him. Still, between this new knowledge and Ileana coming home injured, he couldn’t help but feel a tiny bit more than simply overprotective.