Valtira.
I raised my voice, the anger in my chest rose so violently I couldn’t contain it anymore.
“Did you truly think,” I snapped, my voice cutting like a blade, “that this—this bloody s*x we just had—changes anything?”
The words flew out harsher than I intended, but I didn’t care. My heart was pounding too loud, too fast, too painfully.
“Zarek!” I shouted, my voice shaking with fury. “Answer me! Did you truly think that?”
He looked at me with my name on his lips. “Valtira—”
“No.”
I sliced through his words like steel, stepping back, my hands trembling with rage.
“Or did you think making me inflict pain on you would somehow drown out the pain I went through?” My voice wavered, but I pressed forward.
“You may have endured your share of torment—I don’t care! What about the humil
