Because Lara wasn't just some girl growing up under his foster father's meticulous 'care'.
She was his weapon. An assassin on a mission to destroy a family and then to kill a general.
Yannis pressed his thumb against the bridge of his nose.
He could still remember the first time he read her psychological profile years ago.
Subject displays exceptional emotional suppression.
High adaptability.
Minimal hesitation toward lethal force.
He had closed the file halfway through. Not because he disagreed.
Because he knew exactly how his foster father had created her.
Piece by piece.
The brutal training. The absolute obedience.
The isolation in the mountain cave. The mountains themselves.
He could not imagine how Lara survived those. But she did, and each time, she emerged stronger, while he ... he could only tend to her wounds and gave her painkillers so she could sleep.
And somewhere inside that process, Lara had stopped being a girl...
