Chapter 92 Stepping In
- The couple are already kneeling. Heads bowed and fingers trembling. Hearts bare in front of the unlit blessing circle whose significance can make or break their union.
- The fire is meant to rise in sacred spirals around them, but now, it flickers weakly. The logs remain untouched, the air stale with anticipation that's bordering on panic.
- Alaric is gone without leaving a single word.