Chapter 78

• Chapter 78: A Kingdom of Three
• Elena woke slowly, as if her body wanted to stay inside the night they had given her. Her skin still hummed, every inch sensitive, every breath pulling back the memory of hands, mouths, and whispered vows.
• The sheets were tangled around her legs, heavy with the scent of smoke and them. Gabriel lay half across her, his head buried in her stomach like a cat refusing to move. His arm hooked lazily around her thigh, his thumb tracing absent circles against her skin even in sleep.