Chapter 55

Harper

His words settled over me like a blanket, warm and safe, and for a moment all I could do was look at him. Really look at him. The boy who had somehow become my anchor in the middle of all this chaos.

My chest tightened, not from fear this time, but from something else—something I couldn’t name.

Before I could overthink it, I leaned forward and pressed my lips to his. Softly at first, like a