CHAPTER 0167

GIDEON'S POV

Bzzzz. Bzzzz.

The sharp buzzing sound from the speaker jolted through the quiet of my room, vibrating in my skull like an unwanted alarm clock. I groaned, half-buried under the sheets, my head pounding lightly from the wine I drank the night before. It had become a habit—drinking alone. At least wine didn’t ask questions or lie to me.

I blinked and rolled over, dragging my arm toward