"If he wanted you dead, you'd be dead," Chris said softly. It was truth, Chris had no doubt it was truth.
He raked his gaze over Scorpius, then sighed and turned his back and walked out into the hallway. Pulling the door shut behind himself was the hardest thing he had done in a very long time.
But he did it. He stepped into the hallway, and practically into the arms of a man who happened to be right there, right at that moment. Bright eyes flashed up to the guy's face. "The machines are out of order," Chris said, because he didn't want the man going in there when Scorpius clearly needed to be alone.