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Luke's POV

I was mad. I blew out a breath, feeling my chest relax as air came out of my throat and wished it was fire instead.

How could Caleb do that to me? How could he disrespect me that much in the presence of the soldiers? This was my mission. I had been the one in charge of this mission and it was my call to make as regards anything that had to do with it. How could he foil my mission like that? How could he dare to overturn my orders right in my presence?

Caleb had never been interested in politics. He had never been interested in making orders or giving the soldiers interested. He had never dared to defy my orders or put me in my place. That he did this instead of focusing on his love for adventure could only mean one thing: the rogue was right. He was planning against him and trying to take the position that belonged to me. I wondered how I was going to prove this to father since he was so much determined to deny his involvement in a coup.

I was starting to regret killing the