Chapter 26
- Alera’s POV
- I sat on the thin mattress in my dimly lit chamber, staring at nothing in particular. My mind was a tangled mess, a storm of thoughts that refused to settle. Everything about my life had changed, and no matter how much I tried to accept it, the weight of my new reality pressed down on me like a heavy chain.
- I wasn’t supposed to be here. I wasn’t supposed to be a slave.