"She's losing it," a voice hissed behind the half-open door.
Rage halted mid-step, his ear catching the barely muffled whispers. The stone corridor was cold against his back as he pressed himself against the wall, listening.
"They say she attacked Alaric, unprovoked," another voice muttered, harsher and edged with fear. "If Rage doesn't see it soon, we'll all suffer."
His heart pounded—hard, relentless. Rage's gaze swept the corridor—empty, but the voices lingered, poisoned echoes of suspicion.
His jaw tightened. Alaric—dead. Staged as Ingrid's doing. The thought twisted his gut, a searing betrayal that coiled tight in his chest. Alaric had been loyal, albeit conflicted. To think he died with doubt clouding his heart...