Chapter 73

Valerie’s POV

I walked towards the training hall with anger and bitterness in my heart. I have tried not thinking about him or thinking of what I did to him. How I have hurt him.

His eyes.

His name.

His personality.

I shouldn’t still think about him. Not after everything. Not after all these years. But my mind wouldn't just keep quiet, it dragged his image up again and again, especially now. When I saw Sienna inside the cell, looking innocent yet tagged a betrayal, my mind trailed back to the man I have also betrayed.

They had called him a traitor, too. Accused him of stealing something sacred, an object only the royals or high-ranking members had the right to touch. I knew better. I knew him. And I’d fought like hell to prove his innocence.