Stepping Back into the World
Ari's POV
By the time I made the decision, the fire had subsided.
Harriet was lying next to me, all curled up. Her fingers were slightly glowing as she dreamed. I could see her chest beating slowly and steadily, and my chest was aching.
We could not run continuously.
Rylan was never going to stop. The pack wouldn’t stop either. And until I was out of the way, Lucius would continue to spin fictions.
I touched Harriet with my fingers. “I’m sorry,” I whispered. “But I got to see it myself.”
Her eyes were opened immediately.
“No,” she whispered.
I got stiff. “You were asleep.”
“I felt it,” she answered. You consider returning.
I sighed and sat up. “Harriet—”
“No,” she said louder. “You said we were safe here. You said we would neve
