Chapter 60

**Ronan's POV**

The silence was killing me.

Not the silence of my empty bedroom, where I sat staring at the engagement ring box on my nightstand. Not the silence of the Nightbane castle, where servants moved like ghosts through halls that felt more like a mausoleum than a home.

It was the silence inside my head. Where my wolf used to be.

He'd gone quiet that morning. The same morning I'd walked through the front door at dawn, still tasting ...