Chapter 144

Valeria’s POV

I fell to his side as I held his bleeding arms. The warriors stood still, uncertain, watching us with wide eyes. His face was pale, and his jaw clenched tightly as he tried to suppress the pain.

The scent of blood filled the air, and it made my stomach twist not from disgust, but from a strange sense of dread.

“Are you okay?” I asked, my voice barely a whisper, shaking as I looked i