Chapter 26

Harper

The room felt suddenly smaller, the silence between us heavier than stone.

“Who?” I asked, almost whispering.

His throat worked as he swallowed. “She called them by name.” He hesitated, then finally let the word fall, quiet but sharp enough to cut through me. “Harpenya.”

The world seemed to stop. My chest tightened, my heart slamming once – twice – then halting, suspended in the space betw