54. Wolfsbane

Argo’s pov

"Are you ready, Argo?" Aeryn asked me.

"Can you ever be fucking ready?"

Aeryn shook her head, "no, but this is your first big battle. I’m just checking. You’ve been dealing with a lot, and now that we’re here for Airk and, -"

Mila cut in, growling at my sister. "Just let him do his job! You’re only making him more nervous!"

Mila suddenly realized she had just shouted at an alpha. "Shit, sorry, Alpha Aeryn. I didn’t mean it like that. He’s just. He’s ready; don’t worry."

My sunshine turned into a fucking tomato and quickly stopped walking until she was walking next to a few soldiers behind us.

Mila and I had fallen asleep in each other’s arms and woken up when the sun came up. We had talked about the battle all morning, and I had shared my nerves with her.

She shared her crap with me, so it was only fair that I do the same. I told Mila about my talk with Grandpa and that it had occurred to me that I could lose my life, which pissed Mila off. She had said pretty much t