Malric’s Pov
It’s been weeks since the training started. Weeks of exhaustion. Weeks of sweat, bruises, and sleepless nights. Everyone has been pushed to their limits, the warriors, the gammas, even the omegas. The air around the fortress carries the weight of what’s coming, like a storm waiting to break.
We’ve built defenses around Valmora. Strengthened the walls. Laid traps across the city. Every man and woman has been preparing to fight.
And then there’s Delilah.
Training her has been… complicated. Every day, without fail, we’re at the grounds. Every day, I push her harder than anyone else. And every day, somehow, our sessions end with me inside her, tangled in something neither of us can seem to control.
I hate myself for it.
I’ve even asked Seraphine to find a way to break the ma
