Chapter 301

Valeria’s POV

Everything around me felt like it was moving too fast and too slow at the same time. The children’s frightened whimpers reached my ears, but my feet refused to obey me.

I just stood there, staring at the blood dripping from Gideon’s hand, bright red against the pavement.

The bat handler knelt beside him, trembling. “I—I'm so sorry, sir! It wasn’t supposed to get this close! It wasn’t