Chapter 324. Cowed (1)

Valen’s POV

Minutes later… I was about to make some bad decisions.

“I can't believe you let them convince you to take me here. Making up with Little Beauty did not mean to come down here and involve this mutt.” Zeus was growling at me for teleporting to the dungeon to unbind the damn crab-louse.

On top of that, the pallid vermin sat on the floor in his typical yoga position, glaring at me with that smug smirk like I-told-you-so.

“Acting like he's got nuts,” Zeus sneered, the disgust heavy in his tone. “Look at him mocking us.”

There is nothing I valued more than Raina's opinion. She didn't want him dead. And yet, I was here to kill him. I had been so focused on bringing Raina out of the trial that I had forgotten all about the niggling detail that they slept together.

I forgave her for it.

I truly did, but now that she wanted him near her, I seriously could not allow it.

A part of me had deci