Gregor sighs. "I realize this isn't what you do. Even in my time, these meds can be hit-or-miss."

Hazel eyes look straight at Adele, solemn, but gleaming with a tense vulnerability. "I have a duty to someone here. A very real, very legal duty. If he needs to be protected, he has the right to come to me for help. And I have to give it to him. I'm as sworn to him as he is to me, and I have to be alive for that. Mentally alive."