Chapter 338

Valeria’s POV

I woke up early the next morning, long before the sun rose.

Sleep had not truly come to me. It never did anymore. It only hovered thin, restless, filled with fragments of memories that hurt too much to hold and too precious to let go.

I sat up slowly on the narrow bed, my body stiff and aching, my heart heavy in my chest.

Today was the day I would officially begin serving the Brute K