Chapter 145

Valeria’s POV

“What’s going on?” I managed to ask Gideon, my voice barely a whisper. We stood in the dimly lit hallway, and the look on his face made my heart skip a beat. Fear had taken root in his expression, something I rarely saw there. Worry, thick and consuming, etched lines across his forehead as he looked past me, his eyes clouded with something deeper, something dark.

“Baron has finally c