Chapter 85 — Debt with Interest

(Point of view: Valeria Montesino)

Being locked up was driving me insane. The dampness creeping up the walls, the rock-hard bed, the lock secured from the outside… every detail reminded me that I was nothing more than a caged animal.

And I wasn’t made for that.

I was made to win. To bend men to my will like pieces on a chessboard.

I felt humiliated.

But not defeated.

Not yet.

That night, the door opened with a metallic creak. The casino owner walked in without kn