Chapter 130

Harper

The next morning came quietly.

No alarm.

No rush.

No responsibilities clawing at the edges of my mind.

Just a soft, pale light leaking through the curtains and the distant hum of heaters kicking on somewhere in the building.

It was Sunday.

I blinked awake slowly, the room still wrapped in early-winter silence. For a moment, I didn’t move. My head felt heavy, my chest dull and sore, as if th