Chapter 188 - Chapter 188 - Blocked Path

Aziel stared down at his phone for what felt like the hundredth time that hour, his thumb hovering over Valeria's name on the screen. The silence inside his office was suffocating. Outside his window, the sun had already begun its slow descent, painting the sky in heavy shades of orange and purple, but Aziel hadn't touched a single piece of paperwork on his desk all afternoon. His chest felt tight, constricted by a knot of anxiety that had been growing steadily tighter over the last three days.