I had protected
-avais protégé
Past perfect I conjugation of protect.

protect

I wish, that day at the river, I had protected him.
Ce jour-là, à la rivière, j'aurais aimé le protéger.
Some of them even owed me their very lives as I had protected them from violent elements of society that preyed on people such as themselves.
Certains d'entre eux me devaient même leur vie vu que je les avais protégés contre des éléments violents de la société qui exploitaient les gens comme eux.
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