Chapter 373

Valeria’s POV

Night came quietly.

Too quietly.

The hospital lights dimmed, leaving only the soft glow of machines and the muted sounds of distant footsteps echoing down long hallways.

Somewhere far away, a nurse laughed softly. Somewhere else, a door closed. Life went on around me as if nothing inside my chest was splitting open.

I lay still, staring at the ceiling, counting breaths that refused t