Chapter 636

Killian's POV

The gates of Stormpeak loomed tall and black against the moonlight when we returned. The storm above had not yet broken, but the clouds hung heavy, as if the sky itself was holding its breath. My men filed in behind me, tired but alive.

Dawn was the first thing I saw when the doors of Grimstone manor opened. My daughter stood there in her nightgown, curls wild around her small face,