Declan's POV“I swear, if I have to listen to one more elder drone on about border patrol rotations, I’m going to shove my own fist in my mouth.”I tossed the dagger into the air, watching the light glint off the polished steel before catching it by the hilt with a satisfying smack against my palm. The plush sofa in my father’s study was criminally comfortable, but it did nothing to soothe the restless energy buzzing under my skin.Across from me, Rhys Calder, my best friend since we were pups, just smirked. He was kicked back in an armchair, looking every bit the rugged enforcer he was training to be. “Ten years away and you’re already this bored? You’ve been back, what, three days?”“Seventy-two hours of utter, mind-numbing monotony,” I grumbled, throwing the dagger again. Higher this time. “They sent me away to learn how to fight, to lead, to be a soldier. I learned how to tear a man’s throat out with my teeth, Rhys. And for what? To come back and talk about… budgets.”Rhys chuckl
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