Chapter 27

Declan

Harper crossed her arms, her eyes narrowing just enough to make it clear she wasn’t backing off. “You don’t have to be so defensive,” she said, her voice calmer now, but with an edge that cut straight through me. “It was just a question.”

Just a question.

That’s what she thought.

I clenched my jaw, staring at her. She couldn’t possibly understand. My father had chained me to Vivian the way