“Guys,” I said, still not entirely sure how to handle this mess. “Enough, alright?”Valerian ignored me and jerked a thumb over his shoulder toward Mira. “You want to treat her like some trophy you deserve to claim? Tell me what you actually know about her. Like, for real, what do you know? Her birthday? Favorite color? Her hopes? Her dreams? What the hell do you know about her beyond what she’s like in bed?”Rowan went quiet. A look of dawning shock and confusion spread across his face. Seeing how hard the words landed, Valerian shook his head in frustration. “I’ve got other stuff to handle. Catch you all later.”Rowan looked like a lost kid, staring down at the floor, trying to wrap his head around what Valerian had just thrown at him. He clearly hadn’t thought this through properly. He’d turned Mira into something to be won, a prize he had to have, rather than a person who needed comfort, protection, love, and real companionship. Still reeling from the whole exchange, I stood up an
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