Chapter 42

Valeria POV

“What the hell is going on here?”

The familiar voice cracked through the silence like a whip. My entire body jolted upright as though struck by lightning, and my heart slammed against my ribcage.

My eyes blinked open, heavy from sleep and the fever that had tormented me last night. I wasn’t even fully awake yet, but I knew that voice. Cold. Dangerous. Unmistakable.

Alpha Gideon.

My bre