Chapter 124

Valeria’s POV

I took a deep breath, steadying myself, forcing my emotions to stay buried, even though each of their faces pulled painfully at the strings around my heart. I’d known them as strong, confident, proud men—never in a thousand years would I have imagined seeing them so broken, so lost.

Gideon, once vibrant and full of life, was now a shadow of himself, his face hollow, eyes sunken and r