“Mandy, I have to go,” Lucas explains even though I’ve said ‘no’ a million times in the last few seconds. Now, it is my turn to pace. I pace his office, wearing a hole in the carpet.

“Lucas, I think that it is way too dangerous for you to do this,” I stop pacing and look up at him. “We know that he had every intention of, maybe still has the intention to overthrow you. Which could quite literally mean that he wants to kill you.”

“I understand what his ...