Despite everything he told her, this one answer made her hesitate in her call to Peter. If there were anything that could always save, always protect, always shelter, always defend... it was love. Evey was Peter's best friend. Was this why? Did he know what Aidan Waite was, and did he choose to let him live because of Evey?
The vampire had not yet lifted his head after speaking his last. Leeloo narrowed her eyes at him, a long and piercing glare. She would not threaten him. She would not extract promises. She would not tell him that she was trusting in his word. She would not ask him to do anything.
But neither would she ask Peter to kill him. Not now. It was possible that she would regret it later. But she fully expected that Peter would do more than she ever could to prevent that from happening.