Chapter 21

Valeria's POV

I sat on the floor, my hands massaging my sore neck as I watched him walk away without a backward glance. The tears I had been holding back slipped freely from my cheeks, soaking the collar of my shirt. I didn’t understand what just happened—what exactly had I done to deserve this anger from him?

Alpha Gideon's cold words rang again in my head like a cruel spell.

"Three days, and if