Valen’s POV
Spending time with Raven filled me with a special kind of joy that I still wasn’t quite used to. It was like a constant warmth under my skin. After a bit of back-and-forth, she eventually decided to skip the shower for now and do it after training. Darian, looking like he had nothing better to do with his afternoon, decided to tag along as well.
We headed down to the training basement. Raven had changed into a pair of shorts that Goddess knows where she got from. They hugged her sumptuous ass deliciously, and I found myself staring a second too long before I caught Darian’s eye. He was standing off to the side, feet apart and arms crossed, looking like a stern soldier reporting for duty.
The sun was already setting, casting long shadows through the open space. It was the pe
