*Harper*
The day unraveled slowly.
I stayed inside the new apartment, deciding I could spend it familiarizing with the place and studying for my next exam. My family hadn't even started to notice my absence, anyway. My plan was to stay a day here, another there, and slowly bring my stuff to make the final talk easier.
I touched the necklace at my throat more than once. 'For my Stray Kitten.'
Rowan had said it with passion our first time together, but it lingered. Not because of the collar, but because part of me... liked being his. The part I kept buried. The part that knew no one else in the world would burn entire systems down just to keep me breathing.
It wasn't that I was attracted to him because of his power; I had walked away from it first before any complications. It was more t
