~Valeria~
I gave up trying to sleep around two in the morning because apparently my brain had decided that rest was for people who weren't about to face potential death in less than twenty-four hours.
So here I was, curled up on the living room couch in my pajamas, reading my dad's diary by lamplight like some kind of Victorian princess having an emotional crisis. Which, honestly, wasn't that far off from reality.
The entries were getting more desperate as I got closer to the end. More warnings about Cassian, more detailed instructions about the altar, more mentions of how much he loved me and Mom and how sorry he was for having to leave us.
"If something happens to me, if I don't make it back, I need Valeria to know that everything I did was to protect her. She's stronger than she kno
