Chapter 68 : Dim and Destruction
Ruby's POV
It had been several days since Alaric last came to see me. I knew he was buried under duties—training schedules, strategic councils, and all the intricate threads that kept the Summit’s fragile success intact—but still, the absence felt longer than it should have. I stayed in his office most days, stretched out in my wolf form on the rug near his desk, lulled by the faint scent of him lingering in the air. It was quiet here, warm, and oddly comforting despite my solitude.
I had no intention of sleeping deeply, but at some point my breathing slowed, my thoughts blurred, and the steady rhythm of the world around me thinned into silence.
Then… the silence broke.
A heaviness settled over my senses—a dim, unnatural darkness, like the sun itself h
