LUCIEN
"Halt," I ordered, as I held up my hand to stop my escort. I had with me, 50 warriors from my nation but 5 was the number I’d agreed to enter into the camp with as requested by the twins. You attempt to show good faith even though every impulse shrieked that not deploying all your forces was tactical insanity.
"Alpha Lucien," the head guard answered with a small bow. Alphas Riven and Kael are standing by to convey you to the compound. Your sentry is welcome to stay behind at the border with ours."
I dismounted, hardly daring to trust myself to speak. Every second that passed was a torture bleeding past the trees, where Lena surely waited. "Fine. “But what if it’s a trap—”
"It's not," interrupted a voice, and I turned to find two shapes emerging. The twins. I had only seen them i
