188. Laura
Had I miscalculated?
I thought that I had everything under control.
Javier wasn’t in his right mind. I knew it. I could see the madness in his eyes, the unhinged way he paced—he was bound to do something reckless before help arrived. I needed to buy time.
I needed to get out of here alive and save my pup.
"After everything I did for you, you still had the audacity to cheat on me?" His voice was low, controlled, but venom dripped from every word and every look he gave me.
He took a step forward, and I instinctively moved back, cradling my pup against my chest. Fear curled inside me, cold and sharp, but I didn’t let it show.
I was lucky I wasn’t tied. The room wasn’t as wretched as the others in this dungeon—less damp, less stinking of decay. That gave me hope, a foolish on
