Why Do I Face Execution?

***Chapter 105: Why Do I Face Execution?***

***Victor***

I felt it the second her body stiffened in my arms. The shift was small, almost imperceptible to anyone else, but to me it was deafening. Her heartbeat thudded against my chest like a trapped bird desperate to break free. The rhythm was frantic, uneven, betraying everything her lips wouldn’t say out loud.

Hazel was