Chapter 17 The Cellar Setup

~VALERIE’S POV~

I managed to escape that suffocating encounter in the cramped bedroom, using Leo's restless stirring to slip away from Donovan's piercing interrogation, only to be thrown directly into another kind of hell.

The estate’s massive kitchen was a war zone.

Copper pots clanged against heavy iron stove grates. Steam hissed from bubbling pots of reduction sauces, filling the air with