It would have accomplished nothing, or worse than nothing.

Daniel had learned, over one long night, that the most powerful response to a calculating enemy is not fury but discipline, and that the surest way to lose to someone like Vanessa is to let her provoke you into the kind of mistake she is counting on.

He made no mistakes.

He was patient, and lawful, and cold, and it was enough.

Chapter 15 — I Made Sure He Stayed Dead