Chapter 64 : Moonlit Resolve
Ruby's POV
It had been days since I last saw Alaric.
The silence he left behind wasn’t gentle. It was heavy—dense enough that every breath seemed to echo off the walls. Without him, the air itself felt restless. The kind of quiet that wasn’t peaceful, but loud—filled with unspoken thoughts and the weight of everything I wanted to tell him.
I knew why he hadn’t returned yet. The Moonpath Summit had only been the beginning. With the vow sealed and the packs united under one moon, he was now tethered to something greater than even himself—holding that fragile bond together, strengthening the Lunar Dominion until it could withstand the storm that was surely coming.
But knowing that didn’t stop the ache.
I missed him.
I was curled on my side atop the bed, the
