Chapter 162

Valeria’s POV

Honestly, I couldn’t help but feel a pang of sympathy for Baron. He didn’t strike me as inherently evil—just arrogant, presumptuous, and blinded by his own ambitions. But no matter how I felt, I couldn’t ignore the reality of the situation: if Baron had succeeded, we would all be dead.

There was no way to sugarcoat that truth. Still, I couldn’t shake the thought that forging allies