Chapter 140

Valeria’s POV

I returned to my room and sighed in relief that Beta Leander was no longer there.

The sun had already begun its descent, casting the sky in hues of crimson and burnt orange.

A quiet stillness cloaked the servant quarters, but no such peace existed inside me.

My heart throbbed painfully against my chest, and my head still buzzed with the tension from dinner.

I sat at the edge of my be