Chapter 126

Valeria’s POV

Gideon looked at me, his eyes brimming with hope. He wanted me to speak, to reassure him, to say anything that might ease his worry. But I couldn’t. I had no words left. I’d torn someone else’s heart apart just to be here, standing in front of him. And yet, I had nothing to say.

Arthur and I had been close, bound together by a force that was as strong as it was mysterious. His magi