Chapter 35

Chapter 35:

When Darius detailed everything that had transpired, Lucius was unable to contain his annoyance.

"How could you let him go!" he roared.

"I stopped him, I left him half dead…” Darius tried to explain but Lucius wasn't taking that.

“Can you listen to yourself? You were not supposed to leave him half dead, he was supposed to have died by now!" Lucius countered.

"I wanted to, but Layla..."

"Don't give me that excuse you know Layla is human, you can trust the judgment of humans!" he retorted.

“But I must respect her decision…”

"She can't judge in that way; you were supposed to kill him and worry about how she feels later; if I ever get my hands on that bastard, I'll make sure I tear him apart with my bare hands," he said.

"I wanted to do the same thing as well, but I never imagined he could recover that quickly,” Darius said.

"But he did! All thanks to your negligence,” Lucius spat.

"I wasn't careless. I tried my best to make this right," Darius defended himself.

"But it wasn'