Chapter 20
- Chapter 20
- {CATERINA}
- The cold bite of the basement seeped into my bones, wrapping around me like a relentless shroud. The air was damp and heavy, thick with silence—except for the dull thud of my heartbeat, steady but loud in the stillness. I sat against the wall, knees pulled to my chest, my fingers tracing mindless patterns along the concrete floor just to remind myself I was still here—still breathing.