Chapter 118

Harper

The boards trembled again—harder this time. Dust fell from the rafters, swirling through the lamplight like ash.

Gavin’s head snapped toward the sound. He crouched, pressing a palm flat against the floorboards. “That’s not the house settling.”

The vibrations rolled through my knees, low and rhythmic. Three knocks. A pause. Then one more.

Declan drew his knife without a word, eyes scanni