Chapter 156 Time To End It

• The hum of the car was the only sound between them for the first hour back to the safehouse. The documents stacked in the backseat didn’t rustle, but they felt heavier than anything Ellerei had ever carried. Not because of weight, but because of meaning. Her mother. Her grave. A whole life Ellerei had never been allowed to know.
• Knox didn’t push her to speak.
• His hand stayed loosely wrapped around hers the entire drive, thumb brushing slow circles into the back of her palm like he could anchor her to the present.