"No, baby," he said gently. "Please don't apologize. I just worry that you don't realize how important you are to me."
She watched him, her fingers brushing his cheek gently. "Bad things have been happening lately. I can't help but feel they're mostly my fault."
"You saw what he did to me, Av," he said quietly. "We were outnumbered. He would have killed her. You had to leave."