Chapter 166

Harper

She leaned back slightly, eyes unfocused as if she was looking at something far away. “When I disappeared, rumors spread. About why. About who I was with. About what I’d done.”

My stomach twisted.

“They thought I chose it,” she continued. “That I ran away. That I betrayed the coven. Some believed I was hiding something dangerous.”

“Like me,” I said quietly.

Her eyes snapped back to min