Chapter 121

{Harper’s POV}

Waiting had never sounded this loud.

Before today, I would have laughed if someone told me silence could make a person’s heart pound harder than a gunshot. Silence wasn’t supposed to have a sound. It wasn’t supposed to press against your ears until every breath, every shifting footstep, and every tiny movement became unbearable.

Yet here I was.

Waiting.

Kira had called it waiting.

I