58. Empty Hopes

“What do you mean they are going to auction her to the highest bidder?!” Valeria was trying to get air inside of her lungs in sharp, angry gulps. This was outrageous! After everything she had been through, this seemed to knock the ground from under her feet now. Cleo… She wasn’t cut out for life among bears. Hell, she’d barely managed herself among wolves!

“Apparently, several of Koda’s high-rank