(Harper’s POV)
Left reeling in the wake of Colton’s words, I headed into my room to find that Louise was already asleep in the bed. I didn’t even have the energy to change my clothes, so I collapsed onto the bed and shuffled to pull the covers over me.
“Harps?” Louise asked sleepily, “What happened?”
“I’ll tell you in the morning,” I said. “Go back to sleep.” She didn’t need to know that her life was in danger just yet. Or ever, I had already made up my mind. I would stall as much as possible tomorrow night, but I would do whatever it took to protect my best friend and her baby if it came to it. I fell asleep, resolved in my decision.
I dreamed that I was in a desolate wasteland. I looked around and saw shining lights up ahead. I headed towards the lights across the hardened ground an
