Chapter 193

Harper

There was silence again. Thick, heavy, suffocating.

I just sat there, staring at the wall across from me like it might give me answers, like it might tell me this wasn’t really happening. My mind went blank in that strange way it does when something hits too close, too fast. I’d been prepared for a lot of things—questions, accusations, even anger—but not this. Not that word.

Mate.

My heart