Chapter 35

Valeria’s POV

“Who’s there?” I murmured groggily as the knocking continued, sharp and impatient. My body ached with stiffness from the hard mattress, and I blinked against the morning light trickling in from the curtain’s edge.

The door rattled with more force.

I slowly opened my eyes and groaned as realization sank in. I had overslept. Shit.

I swung my legs over the bed and scrambled up, hurrying