Chapter 362

Valeria’s POV

Pain followed me like a shadow that refused to loosen its grip.

Every step down the corridor felt like my skin was being torn open all over again.

My body screamed in protest, each movement sending sharp, burning reminders of what I had endured in the dungeon.

Blood had dried stiff against my clothes, gluing fabric to raw flesh. Where the dog’s claws had torn into me, the wounds thro