CHAPTER 50.
TAHLIA~
For a moment, an inexplicable tension gripped me. It was as if a shroud had fallen over the rooftop, one I couldn't quite identify. The gentle breeze that had once brushed my skin now felt absent, replaced by the weight of Archibald's gaze. There was something in his eyes, or rather, the lack thereof. Fenrir might have been skilled at masking his thoughts, but Archie, in his own enigmatic way, was far more terrifying in his silence.
It stood like a well-kept secret, sending a spider crawling down my spine.
His face appeared taut, and yet, it revealed nothing. I almost wished for an outburst, an expression, anything to break the unnerving stillness.
"You had summoned Théoden, is that right?" Archibald's voice, sharp and cutting, sliced through the stifling air, fina
