#Chapter 501: The Summit

Nathan The building that stood in front of us as we walked up the pathway was like something out of a painting; tall spires, stone facades, black gargoyles staring down at us with their menacing faces. But I hardly saw any of it; I was too preoccupied with other things. Specifically, my wife. We had been so distant lately. Ever since the baby was stillborn, it was as if the strings of fate that usually connected us at all times had been severed. I tried to tell myself that it would get better with time, and it had only been a few weeks, but it felt endless. “Quite something, isn’t it?” Dan’s voice pulled me back to the present. I looked over to see him standing next to me with an expectant look on his face. “Oh, uh… Yes,” I managed around the lump that had formed in my throat. “I’ve never visited the northern faction before.” As I spoke, I shivered slightly against the cold. It still felt like the dead of winter here, with snow falling from the sky at that exact mo