Left in the Dark

What?

Alaric thought he had misheard, so he rushed to the next door and rang the doorbell. When he confirmed it from the woman again, he finally believed it.

Alaric didn't give up. He took out his phone and called Valerie, but he couldn't get through.

He panicked. He thought, 'We were fine before. We celebrated New Year's Eve together. Why did it suddenly become like this?'

Alaric forced himself t