Raine's POV

"No!!! You can't!!" I breathed. "You promised me you would consider everything I said calmly and coolly. You are not calm right now...Please don't make any decisions." 

He inhaled and exhaled deeply purposefully a few times to get himself back under control. Finally, he said with a determined growl, "I won't kill him outright. Not yet. But I will find a way. He is a dead man."

The tension left my body and my shoulders dropped in relief. I asked, "Is that it? Are we done talking now?"

His smirk returned as he assured me, "Almost." He looked at me carefully and contemplated, "I lost track of you...