Kael's POV
The morning air was sharp when I stepped out onto the training ground, the kind of cold that clung to your skin and tried to force you awake even if you were still half-asleep. I wasn’t. My body was already buzzing, restless, carrying leftover energy from last night. Energy I needed to burn off before it drove me insane.
The ground was still damp with dew, the grass slick under my boots. The faint smell of steel, sweat, and oil lingered in the air from the racks of weapons lined neatly to one side. I rolled my shoulders as I walked further in, rotating my neck until it cracked. My muscles were tight, stiff, and my thoughts even worse. Training was the only way I knew to loosen both.
I wasn’t expecting anyone else to be here this early, but when I stepped into the open clearin
