Chapter 33

• Helios's POV
• I sat on my couch, staring blankly at the wall. It had been days since Rohan told me about Valerie's passing, and I still couldn't shake off the feeling of emptiness. I missed her, missed her smile, her laugh, her presence.
• I felt a pang of sadness, thinking about how she was gone, taken from us too soon. I thought about our conversations, our laughter, our inside jokes. It all felt like a distant memory now.