Chapter 139 Stars In Her Eyes

• The sky was a deep velvet above them, splashed with constellations and streaked with the faint silver trail of a falling star. Ellerei lay on her back in the soft sand, the warmth of Knox’s body pressed close beside her. Her fingers were laced with his, their hands resting between them, gently shifting as they played with each other’s fingertips.
• “You see that?” she whispered, pointing to where the shooting star vanished behind a curtain of palm trees.
• Knox followed her gaze and grinned. “If you’re making a wish, you better make it fast.”