Chapter 196

{Harper's POV}

The hallway went dark long before I reached the end of it, lit only by a single lantern whose flame had already started giving up, flickering low and orange against the walls. It was enough, barely, to make out the shape of her chained to a rusted support beam jutting out from what used to be a load-bearing wall, and I stopped a few feet away, letting my eyes adjust before I let mys