#Chapter 184: A Personal Body Inspection

“No,” Archer says with a hint of restrained fury making his voice dark and deep. “Absolutely fucking not.” “It’s the best idea,” I say. Now is likely the only chance I have to plead my case. “You know how proud he is. Me beating him last time really ruffled his feathers. He’d jump at the chance to prove the last challenge a fluke.” “Do you have any idea how injured you are? Or how close we came to losing you last time? And you want to do it again?” I held up both hands. He was raging now. I felt like I was trying to placate an angry, bloodthirsty animal. “I’m not going to actually fight him, Archer. You guys are going to save me before it comes to that. It’s just a way to get him out in the open. You have to agree he won’t be able to resist.” “I will agree to nothing,” Archer growls. “And I am done speaking of this with you.” “Yeah. Okay.” Maybe that is for the best for now. With Mia here, I don’t exactly want to coax Archer into a rampage. But if he thinks I’m going to actually