Chapter 51

Valeria’s POV

Two Weeks Later

I woke up to the sound of my ward door creaking open. My eyes blinked against the soft morning light filtering through the window. I felt heavy—emotionally, physically, spiritually. It had been two weeks since that awful night. Two weeks of silence, of painkillers, of hushed whispers outside my room, and meals I barely touched.

A familiar scent of antiseptic filled my