Chapter 157

Valeria pov

I woke up this morning feeling a little sick, my body heavy as if I had been carrying weights in my sleep. My wolf was quiet—too quiet.

Unlike her usual self, she hadn’t said a single word since last night. No sarcastic remarks, no soothing whispers, nothing. Just silence. And that silence unsettled me more than anything else. It felt wrong, unnatural.

Wolves weren’t supposed to ret