Harlow stands up on shaky legs. She knows exactly what he is going to do. She should have been more alert. She just believed so much that they were going to do it together. She didn't stop to think about Austin's chivalrous nature more.
There was too much risk for Austin. He wouldn't allow her to face him like that. Even if there was one percent chance of her dying, he wouldn't allow it. But the percentage is so far against them there is just no way he could take that chance.
Harlow doesn't allow herself a moment to think that he may have already done what he is going to do. She has to believe that there is still time, that she still has a chance.
The more she thought about it, the more she talked to him, the more she believed that she really could do it. There has to be a reason for
