Talen Bancroft’s POV Waking up in my mate’s arms was the best feeling in the world. It was hard to believe that we were on the eve of battle and potentially war. I guess part of that was denial on my part. I have been at the heart of plenty of conflicts so I should have known ages ago exactly where this was heading. I should have also known that there would be no way out of this without violence. In the past that wouldn’t have bothered me. I wouldn’t have been looking for a way to solve this with diplomacy, I would have killed them all. The difference this time was Molly, I wanted to protect her. The idea of her being in the middle of some kind of fight made me feel sick. I wish there was some way of making her stay here where it was safe but I knew her better than that. She wasn’t the

