Chapter 175

Valeria’s POV

I would be lying if I said I wasn’t nervous when I heard that the elders had arrived. Not that I feared them—far from it. But the timing couldn’t have been worse.

We were just starting to make progress, and with the looming threat of war, the last thing we needed was a distraction. Even though my mates tried to calm me, offering their reassurances and soothing words, the knot in my s