Deklan doesn't want this.
He doesn't want Victoria defending him like this.
Seeing him lose should be the cue for Victoria to be happy—Happy that she had made the right choice for leaving him. Since he would no longer be around, she should take this chance to leave and let Agnar slay him.
But for some unfathomable reason, she was now protecting him.
Eughh… My God! Can you leave? Like, I don't want your help or anything you have.
Since Agnar has proven to be one formidable opponent, Deklan was planning to backstab him instead of fighting him head-on. He has two lives—so there was no way Agnar would anticipate being attacked by a dead man.
Cowardly? Who cares? As long as he gets through this, then he's going to do it.
Paul never taught him to be kind and honorable to his enemies, so there's no reason for him to be fair.
However, that plan could only be used if Victoria left.
She stayed.
Now that plan was sullied.
So, Deklan was forced to wreck his brain for another way out.
