Zyros’s POV
Sleep never came. Every time I shut my eyes, I felt Selvara’s scent clinging to my skin, I could feel the heat pull. If she hadn’t shoved me away last night… Moondamnit, I didn’t even want to think what would’ve happened. My mind kept going to the kiss and how soft her lips had felt. Her boobs, oh bloody damnit. It was like nothing I’d ever seen before.
By dawn, I was already in the training yard, my fists were aching from pounding into the wooden post.
“Are you fighting the post or confessing your undying love to it?”
I could hear Valen's voice from behind. He leaned against the rail, chewing on a piece of straw with his eyes rolling from one place to the other.
“Shut up,” I growled, slamming my fist harder until the post cracked.
He clapped slowly. “Beautiful and ver
