Chapter 315

Valeria’s Pov

I sighed as I leaned back against the dining table, watching my children eat.

Their small hands moved eagerly as they reached for their food, their innocent laughter filling the room.

For a moment, just a fragile, fleeting moment, I allowed myself to forget everything else. The threats, the fear, the constant fear that clung to me like a second skin.

I fed them slowly, patiently, mak