Rhett's POVThe air was cold this morning.Good. I liked it that way.The cold woke the senses. It stripped away pretense and laziness. Nothing sluggish survived the bite of a pre-dawn chill, not even me. Especially not me.The sky was still bleeding grey when I stepped out onto the training grounds, sleeves rolled, boots grounded in frost. My shirt clung to me, already damp from the jog it took to get here, and my knuckles ached with anticipation. Killian was already there, stretching, his stance sharp as ever. Nikolai, of course, arrived late—but only by a minute. Probably on purpose. He liked flair.They didn’t speak when I joined them.They didn’t need to.We trained in silence.Blades drawn. Boots grounded. Sweat already beginning to bead beneath our brows. The first strike came fast—Killian lunging low, aiming for my thigh, but I pivoted, spun, and countered before he even reset his stance. Nikolai watched, lips curled in that same amused smirk he always wore when someone was ab
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