HARPER'S POV
I can't sleep. I haven't really slept in days, but tonight it's worse. My whole body feels like it's buzzing under my skin, like the bond is trying to push its way to the surface, even with the potion still doing its thing. I keep feeling flashes of it, not strong, not enough to break me, but just enough to mess with my head. It's him. Asher. Every time he's close, something tightens in my chest, like a thread pulling too hard and refusing to snap.
I sit up on my bunk and press my palms into my eyes. My throat burns. This is getting dangerous. The more I try to shut it out, the louder it gets. My wolf paces constantly inside me now, agitated and restless, like it knows something I'm not ready to face.
I keep replaying it. That moment. His hand brushed mine, and it h
