Lane Conlay’s POV
I didn't sleep that night.
Once I heard Ethan was coming, my heart refused to settle. And only after arriving at the frontline front did I truly understand how brutal the battlefield was. My father and five brothers had endured this for years.
I could endure it too. But I hadn't told Prince Kaelen or the generals the truth about Ethan and me. It felt wrong to leave it unspoken.
How was I supposed to say it?
That the man my mother chose for me had won his first battle and then discarded me, choosing Maris instead?
They'd probably think I came to the front out of resentment, trying to prove I was better than her.
I didn't care what the Blackwood Pack or the Royal Court said. But this was a battlefield. The battlefield where my father and brothers had died.
I couldn'
