Chapter 131

Harper

I told Gavin I needed a moment.

He hesitated, searching my face, but finally nodded. I turned away before he could say anything else, cutting across the courtyard and slipping into the narrow path behind the dorms where the snow lay untouched, soft and pale. The air bit at my cheeks, cold enough to sting, but I welcomed it. At least the cold made sense.

I walked until the muffled quiet of w