Chapter 338

Harper

The first thing I felt was the heat.

A thick, suffocating warmth that seemed to have settled over the entire room and wrapped itself around my body until I could feel sweat slowly sliding down my spine, along my temples, and across my cheeks, while damp strands of hair clung stubbornly to my forehead and the sides of my face.

My throat was so dry that even swallowing hurt, and when I tried