Axel’s pov I walked next to Alaric in silence as we made our way back to the hospital. The world of everything I had done and was responsible for pressed hard against my shoulders. I had disobeyed my father’s wishes, I had almost killed my brother, and now I knew something that could shatter both of them—there was going to be a war. But then I just wanted to see Karla. “How do you feel?” He asked as I shrugged. “To be honest, I don’t know. But I do know that I don’t like how it has ended up being. I’m just glad that everything is happening really good and we don’t have much problems.” “Minus the war,” he chuckled as I nodded. “Of course. How can I forget the f*****g war that is before us.” “You’ll see Kai again in the room,” he sighed. “You guys are going to go at it this time or…”

