Chapter 77

Deimos POV

The leader of the rogues rips off his shirt and tosses it on the ground beside him. He flexes his muscles, trying to intimidate me. Without his shirt on, the rogue looks frail. He is nothing but skin and bones. It is no wonder that he couldn’t take on Victor himself.

“Are you sure you want to do this?” I ask him as I take my shirt off.

The rogue is clearly delusional. He laughs hysterically in my face. “I am going to kill you,” he threatens me.

“Okay,” I say with a shrug of my shoulders.

The rogue leader and I stare at one another. Neither one of us wants to make the first move. I didn’t come here to kill anyone, but it doesn’t look like they are giving me a choice.

The rogue leader steps toward me, and someone jumps in front of him. I keep my guard up but watch the exchange curiously.

A dirty, naked woman has her hands braced on the rogue's shoulders. She is trying to hold him back.

“Bandit,” she cries. “Don’t do this. He is offering us a chance at