Nicholas most likely wished to protect her, too - she was his wife.
He was killed by a bomb, and wished to protect everyone, not just his client.
Whether or not we wish to protect them this way is up for discussion of course.
"And now I wish it to once again protect you."
There are also companies that offer contract special police services for a fee to anyone who has property they wish to protect.
"This is a model the British government wishes to protect."
Wishing to protect the prisoners, he did not tell them of his wife's death one week earlier.
Yet it was the most natural thing in the world for her to wish to protect this fledgling.
Your wife must not love you very much if she doesn't wish to protect you.
No doubt they considered this world to be evil and wished to protect themselves from it.