Chapter 39: Training for War

(Evan POV) "Absolutely not," I said for the tenth time in as many minutes. "Aline, this is insane. You've been a werewolf for barely over a year. Jonathan has been training for combat his entire life." "And he killed my parents," Aline replied with that same deadly calm she'd maintained since the Council's revelation. "This isn't negotiable, Evan." We were in our bedroom, the babies finally asleep, Blake reluctantly doing homework downstairs. But the domestic tranquility felt like a facade...