​​Chapter 85

Talon’s POV

Coward,” father called, his voice echd through the room. “Always running away like always. You don’t listen to anyone else but yourself even when I tried to explain everything that happened between your mother and I.”

That single statement was enough to make my steps falter.

Yeah, he was right. I am a coward and I thinking running off is better than staying behind to fight a lost cause.

Of course, I knew that he was right. I knew that Zevara still wanted him. From the way she stiffen as I touched her earlier, the way she talked about the times they spent together, and she even confessed that her body reacted to him in ways she couldn’t explain. I knew at that instant that I shouldn’t entertain him any further.

As he said those words, it dawned on me that I might have forced my love on Zevara. She wouldn’t have spared me a glance if he was here; I knew the number of times that she rejected and if not for the aphrodisiac, we might not h