Chapter 58

Valeria's POV

I knelt there as the sun burned through my body, and the effects of the pepper that had been rubbed onto my skin earlier began to sear through my nerves like fire. My body trembled uncontrollably, and every breath felt like I was inhaling needles. The sun—unforgiving and cruel—blazed directly above me, heating the ground until it felt like I was kneeling on molten stone.

I wanted to