Chapter 41 - 'Never Ending Distress; Never Ending Serenity.'

Valerian stood there, his gaze cold and assessing. "It's quite amusing how you keep finding yourself in these situations." he said, his voice dripping with sarcasm.

'Here we go again.' Azrael thought mentally rolling his eyes, 'He probably thinks I'm here for him, and is going to go on and on about playing some sort of mind games with him.'

"I understand that this may cause some doubts—"

"Oh? And now, you are speaking to me formally again. With how you spoke to me last time, one would assume you forgot what respect was." Valerian cuts him off, making Azrael's eyebrow twitch in annoyance. 

'You...YOU WERE THE ONE WHO PICKED A FIGHT THAT DAY!'