Chapter 67

Valeria’s POV

It’s been three days now since I had been locked up here with no food and only a little water—barely enough to keep me breathing. I rested my head against the cold, cracked stone wall of the cell, trying to ignore the shivers that rattled my bones. My stomach ached, not just from hunger, but from the deep, suffocating pain of betrayal. My entire body felt sore, filthy, and drained. I