Malrik POV

I hadn’t grasped just how deeply my recklessness had cut Dravina until she finally let me see it.

The ambush had already told me I’d gone too far, too focused on controlling the outcome, too hellbent on protecting what I thought mattered and in doing so, I’d forgotten the one person waiting for me to come home.

Forgotten her.

When her tears fell against my chest, something inside me fractured. This wasn’t weakness. She wasn’t being dramatic. She was afraid and she had ...