No Longer Temporary

{Harper’s POV}

“I mean it, Harper.”

Moretti said those words to me, leaving me even more dazed.

He held my gaze for a moment before continuing.

“And I’m talking about you.”

He could probably read the lingering disbelief in my expression and the certainty in his voice now left no room for misinterpretation.

No room for escape.

No room for me to convince myself that I’d somehow misunderstood what w