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Grey’s POV

My mind had been full of a lot of things lately. With the war growing closer, and more of the outlying cities and villages being attacked, my warriors were stretched thin. James was persistent that we needed more troops, but my gut told me adding more men wasn't the solution for the problem.

The enemy knew us too well. Romero's pack owned the islands between the East continent, which James ruled, and the West continent, where our enemy was located. It was

crucial that we had his support, both for additional troops and for the permission to use his islands as a base of operations.

However, I was going to lose my godd*mn mind if I had to hear another word from Romero or his daughter.

I couldn't believe that, with everything going on, I was basically being blackmailed into marrying a woman I couldn't stand.

I knew that cunning old fox wanted to plant his influence in our kingdom, but something seemed off. I couldn't trust him fully, and if I ever found out he had any inten