Harper’s POV
I don’t have a plan here. I don’t know exactly what I’m going to say to Archie, and I don’t know whether it will work or not. All I know is that this is the man who made Jack leave, and this is the man I need to convince to bring Jack back.
“Have you ever been in love, Archie?” I finally ask him.
We’re in my room—the same room I’ve been holed up in for three months following my gunshot wound. I’ve risen to a seated position, but made no move to stand, nor does he make any move to sit.
“No,” he finally says. “It’s not in the cards for a familiar to fall in love. We’re here to protect one person and one person only, and to us, that person is like family—not a lover.”
“Here to protect one person and one person only,” I repeat, watching him with cold, hard eyes. “You mean
