Chapter 142

Valerius's POV

"I underestimated you."

Vera looked at me, her voice laced with self-mockery. She had thought I was some mountain to be climbed, and in her foolishness, she had made plans in her mind. But I didn't care. She had already lived through the hell I tailored for her-a life worse than death-and survived it.

I didn't answer. My focus was on the monitors. Not the annex, but the moment Cerys