“I should kill you,” the man said off-handed. “But it would upset River. Consider that I just saved your life, you worthless hundan. If I ever see you again, I will kill you. If you ever try and take her back to these,” he motioned to the now still figures on the ground, “I’ll kill you. If you ever touch her again, I’ll kill you. There’s nowhere in the ‘verse you can hide from me, Tam. Nowhere you’ll be safe from me.”
-- Long Road Home – Chapter Seven by badkarma00