DARIUS POV The room was so silent, you could hear a f*****g pin drop. Stunned was an understatement for the looks on all their faces. I understood that. They had just been talking about how they didn't need to leave, how they should stay and fight, and now I've brought this up. We were still going to stay and fight, of course. We were going to show those packs that Lupinarians were not to be f****d with anymore. The moment we entered the village, I knew the place was lacking in so many ways. It was the 21st century, for goodness' sake, yet these people were living in tents, with no electricity and barely any water. The place seemed as though it had been left behind in another era, all because they were constantly on the run. These were my mate's people, my mother's people. And that

