Zane’s POV“You really wouldn’t want me to choose…”The words slid off Valkyra’s tongue like a threat dressed as a game, but all they did was send a cold, violent anger crawling down my spine.How dare she.For a second, everything else faded… the warriors, Cassius, even the burning pain in my arm and all I saw was her… standing there like she had already claimed something that wasn’t hers.I didn’t hesitate.“I’ll only say this once, Valkyra…” My voice came out low, controlled, but laced with something far darker. I pointed straight at her, my jaw tightening as I held her gaze. “Put that fucking gun down.”She didn’t even blink.If anything, she leaned into it.“Else what?” she snapped immediately, cutting me off before the threat could fully leave my mouth. “Huh? You’ll have me killed?”The way she said it sounded like mockery, like she was daring me, that alone set something dangerous off inside me.She waved the gun again, slower this time, more deliberate, and I caught it… the sh
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