Chapter 173

Valeria’s POV

I stood up from the sofa where I had been sitting for a long time.

It felt like a big stone was pressing on my chest. My hands were shaking, but I closed them into fists and tried to make my voice strong.

“See?” I said, looking straight at Alpha Gideon. “Now you know I was not the monster after all.”

The words came out sharp, but they were true. For so long, people blamed me.

For so