Chapter 225

Alpha Gideon’s Pov

I woke up to the sun so high today that it almost blinded me while sleeping, its rays sneaking in through the curtains Maeve had always insisted should be drawn at night.

She liked the sunlight, said it made mornings feel alive. But for me, today, it only felt like punishment, an intrusive brightness in a world that had gone unbearably dark.

I turned to the other side of the bed