Chapter 160: Sweet Memories

** Eli **

Eli found it next to impossible to fall asleep. And why would he want to anyway, if that meant wasting the precious time he could've spent holding Harper instead, indulging himself in the knowledge that she was really here, not as a fantasized illusion but as a real person?

From the change of rhythm in her breathing, he could tell that unlike him, the girl was fast asleep and probably dreaming already. He smiled into the dark, marveling at how anyone could have such a big heart and doze off so quickly after such an evening. Or maybe it was because he actually tired her out? All the thrill aside, the past few hours had been … physically challenging, after all …