Chapter 79 Dawn
- The sun creeps in through the cracked blinds — a thin gold line cutting across the mess of tangled sheets, the old blankets half-slipped to the floor where Knox dragged them off her shoulders in the middle of the night just to get his palms back on her skin.
- Ellerei blinks slow — lashes heavy, eyes stinging when she shifts just enough to feel the dull pulse where the bandage hugs her ribs tight.
- It hurts.