HARPER'S POV
It is late when I finally drag myself back to the barracks. Real late. Everyone else is either asleep or pretending to be. The hallway is quiet, except for the soft hum of that stupid flickering light above the rec room door. I swear, it has been blinking for weeks. Drives me nuts. But tonight? I barely notice it.
I am too tired. Not just physically.
My body feels like it weighs a thousand pounds, but it is the inside of me that feels heavier. Like something is sinking in there. Like maybe it has already sunk and I just didn't feel it till now.
I round the corner, dragging my feet, ready to crash face-first onto my bunk and just disappear for a while, but then I see him.
Asher.
Sitting outside our room. Alone. Elbows on his knees, hands clasped like he is p
