Chapter 72

Did I sleep? No. I didn't.

I was scared of being killed in my sleep. Or worse waking up and seeing Vespera standing over me with a knife in hand and a satisfied smile on her face.

I rolled out of bed at dawn, my body stiff, my head throbbing with exhaustion. The chamber they'd given us was cramped and dim, barely lit by the early morning sun filtering through narrow slits in the stone walls. The b