Chapter 203

{Harper's POV}

The room was cool in a way that had nothing to do with the air conditioning, quiet in a way that pressed against my ears instead of soothing them. Moretti sat beside me, completely calm, and I understood, distantly, that his calm was probably supposed to bleed into me the same way it usually did.

It didn't. Not this time.

Because right in front of us, plugged into more machines and