Jacob’s POV
I dry my sweaty palms on my shorts. It’s not overly hot, but my nerves are causing me to sweat. I am sitting in front of my best friend Charlie on the coach to the palace. “Calm down,” he says, “we will make the cut.”
For the last 12 months, I have been training. Training for the tournament I am heading towards. Training to join the royal guard.
No one knows who my parents are or how close I am to the royal family. I told everyone I live on the edge of the River Valley Pack, which is true, and that I needed to figure out where my life was heading. That was why I was there. No one ever questioned me after that.
To say the last 12 months have been unreal. I never realized how easy my life was. We were in bed long after dark and up before the sun. The food was bas
