Elias’s POV

Training felt different today. Not because the drills were harder.Not because the hall was louder, Not even because my body still ached from yesterday.

It felt different because every time I lifted my head…I expected to see Vale watching me again.

And every time I didn’t see him, I feared he might appear in the next breath.

Ronan noticed immediately.

“You’re thinking too much,” he said quietly as we finished another set of footwork drills.

I wiped sweat from my ...