Chapter 168

Celeste’s POV

The wall in front of me had become my entire world. It was a dull, peeling grey, illuminated only by a single bulb that buzzed somewhere above my head.

I didn't know how many days I had been here. Time had lost its meaning, dissolving into a cycle of hunger, thirst, and the terrifying silence of the basement.

I was bound to a wooden chair, the ropes biting into my wrists and ankles u