Chapter 83

Valeria’s POV

I watched as the crowd slowly drifted away, leaving me alone in the biting cold. The chill seeped deep into my bones, and with each passing second, it felt like a part of me was freezing, hardening, becoming numb.

They’d left me out here to die, abandoned and alone. The harsh reality settled over me like the weight of the snow piling up around my feet. I hadn’t meant to kill anyone—I