Chapter 220
- VALENTINA
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- I moved through the corridors like I belonged to the shadows. My bare feet stayed close to the wall where the carpet ran thicker, muffling every step. The mansion at night felt different, bigger, colder. Guards walked their rounds on the lower floors and outside, but up here the halls stayed empty most of the time. I still listened. Every creak of the old wood made me pause.