Chapter 79 The Pact Of Silence

• Chapter 79: The Pact of Silence
• ALAN
• The air in my study was thick with the faint scent of burning wood. The fire in the hearth had been left to a low crackle, more for habit than warmth. I sat behind the heavy desk, fingers drumming once against the polished surface as I waited. Outside the window, the morning had stretched into a muted afternoon, shadows settling where the light couldn’t quite reach.