To the best of his memory, Ezra had never claimed not to have boundaries when it came to this.
"Boston is Coterie country," he said, though he was sure she knew that much. "And yes, because Alistair keeps his headquarters at the Inferno, like Venus before him --" Which, by the way, he still couldn't fathom because if he'd been in Alistair's shoes, he would've probably asked Ava to burn that place to the ground. "-- so that's obviously the riskiest part of the city for anyone wanting to stay under the Coterie's radar. But it's not that simple, it doesn't feel that simple to me."
He looked down. Flexed the fingers on one hand.
"All I want is to keep you safe, and that means keeping you off the radar, and that means I need to feel in control of things that have to do with Boston. Having it sprung up on me with minutes on the clock does not feel like control."
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"Boston is Coterie country," he said, though he was sure she knew that much. "And yes, because Alistair keeps his headquarters at the Inferno, like Venus before him --" Which, by the way, he still couldn't fathom because if he'd been in Alistair's shoes, he would've probably asked Ava to burn that place to the ground. "-- so that's obviously the riskiest part of the city for anyone wanting to stay under the Coterie's radar. But it's not that simple, it doesn't feel that simple to me."
He looked down. Flexed the fingers on one hand.
"All I want is to keep you safe, and that means keeping you off the radar, and that means I need to feel in control of things that have to do with Boston. Having it sprung up on me with minutes on the clock does not feel like control."