Harper’s POV I let out a long, dejected breath. “Yes, I suppose we do.” Lucas waited for me to exit the bathroom before joining me over on the bed, where I’d taken a seat on the “Before we get too far into it, I wanted to let you know that Mason and Nora are currently doing some public damage control outside,” he informed me lightly. I rolled my eyes up toward the ceiling. “Do you really think that it would make a difference what they told everyone?” I asked. Lucas gave an awkward shrug and scratched the back of his neck. “No, I suppose not,” he muttered. “Maybe...I don’t know, maybe it’s better that everything is out in the open now.” I gave him an incredulous look. “Are you serious? What happened to keeping everything under wraps so that the Council doesn’t end up prosecuting m

