Chapter 108

Harper

The drive ended in silence.

Gavin pulled off to the side of the narrow road, the tires crunching against gravel until the car came to a stop. The forest loomed to our left—tall, dense, ancient.

“This is it,” he said quietly, killing the engine.

The hum of the car faded, replaced by the stillness of the morning. The air outside was cool enough to sting, the kind that tasted like rain and iro