8 Sef carried Harper back to her apartment and helped her change into her pajamas. She was so sleepy that she let him strip her naked and put her into her panties and an oversized T-shirt. Then he tucked her into bed and crawled in beside her. These might be the last few hours he would have to get to hold her before he betrayed her, the only female who had ever truly given him peace. If her brothers decided to act tonight, he would have to call in reinforcements, but it was far more likely that tonight’s meeting would simply be that, just a meeting, in which case he could stay here a little longer before he had to reveal the truth to Harper. Guilt knotted inside him, and his limbs quivered with flashes of anxiety. The only time he had felt this sick before had been when his brother had v