Harper’s POV
I had turned myself away from Lucas to glare out the window and toward the woods. The same woods that I once found solace in, and had now become a crime scene.
I stopped trying to hold back the tears and broken breaths that escaped me.
My chest ached with a pain I never wished to experience. Wrapping my arms around myself, I mourned for a woman that I didn’t even know. Yet, I never felt more connected to a complete stranger in my life.
I tucked my head toward my chest, trying to fight through the ache that surrounded my heart.
A moment later, I felt a large pair of arms wrap around me. Lucas’s scent flooded my senses, enveloping me in a solid, warm cage of protection. I felt the warmth of his breath brush against the shell of my ear.
“Don't say that,” he said gently
