If you mean to threaten me, I can assure you it won't end well for you. [ the response is leveled evenly rather than with threat. no matter how devoid of menace it is, it is a sure and unmistakable warning. those that stand against him and his family do not have pleasant fates. it's not a promise he could enjoy giving, not anymore.

and not to fitz; that "you" rends at his insides.

but he'll answer. ] I've hurt more people than you could possibly conceive. [ there is a thousand years of blood on his hands, but he will not answer for that blood to a friend nor to any authority he places above him. klaus glances away and back to leo. ] But no one here. [ no one but him. ]