Unwelcome Gratitude

**{Harper’s POV}**

My plan is dangerously simple. Find Dante Moretti, thank him properly for saving my life, and steer us into a positive, reasonable conversation about my future. I step out of my bedroom with a fragile layer of nervous confidence. It is barely enough to keep my legs moving forward, but I force myself to walk down the long, silent corridor.

My first stop is the expansive main l