She jumps, startled, and pulls her face back.It causes my fingers to brush across her soft cheek, and I want nothing more than to take her face in my hands and kiss her. “What are you doing?” She snaps, and I’m forcefully slammed back into reality when she jumps up to her feet and backs away from
Lucas’s POV“I said they could test out small weapons,” I growl, wincing as Brandon and Mason lift me off the ground. I stagger. The arrow sticking out of my thigh moves, and I dig my nails into their shoulders as the piercing pain in my leg grows. Both of my friends grunt in response.“Sorry, Alpha
Lucas’s POV“You need to calm down, Lucas,” Mason orders, holding me down. He pins my upper body against the wall, his forearm planted against the back of my neck, as Harper runs away.“She knows something, though,” I growl through the pain spreading in my body. Watching her run made me want to chas
“Nothing else? Harper, I want to know who did this!” Lucas yells as I flee from the room. I suspect the only reason he doesn’t run after me is because Mason holds him back.Even so, I run from his office, moving as quickly as I can to put distance between us. I can still hear him yelling, even as I
Harper’s POV“Is there anything you remember from that night?” Lucas asks as I fit the blood pressure cuff around his arm.Keep quiet, or you’ll regret it. That’s what the note that I found on my floor this morning said. It was accompanied by a picture of me, beaten and bloody on the floor.I keep
Harper’s POVWhy can’t I pull myself out of the dark hole I’ve fallen in? I pick up the flower Lucas gave me, the wilted and brown petals flopping limply as I take one last look at it. Logically, I should’ve gotten rid of the flower right after Lucas gave it to me, but I couldn’t.My arm shakes sl