Chapter 352

Valeria’s POV

They didn’t take me to the dungeon.

That alone should have terrified me more than iron bars and stone walls ever could.

The guards dragged me through a different passage, narrower, quieter, lined with torches that burned low and smoked like they were choking.

The air here was colder, heavier, pressing against my chest with every breath.

My bare feet scraped against the stone floor as