Chapter 47

Harper

Before the silence could stretch any further—before I could combust from the heat crawling up my neck—I blurted it out.

“The book!”

Declan blinked at me, his brows pulling together. “…What?”

I hugged the thing tighter against my chest like it was some kind of shield. “The book. The one in Latin. We—we were supposed to start on it today, remember? I just—" My words tumbled over each other, s