Chapter 97
Elena’s POV
I never thought my life would spiral to this point. If someone told me that I would be sitting in a cold and suffocating interrogation room, the weight of iron pressing into my wrists as the handcuffs bit into my skin, I would have landed them a hot slap. I felt less like a human being and more like prey caught in a trap.
The walls were a dull grey, unyielding, lifeless, as though they were mocking me with their indifference. The fluorescent lights above flickered faintly, buzzing in that maddening way that made time feel endless. The air smelled of disinfectant, sweat, and something metallic…. fear, maybe or maybe it was just the taste of my own despair settling on my tongue.
“I don’t know them,” I repeated, my voice hoarse but firm. It had been the same words t
