Chapter 83 Paradise Teeth

• The plane dips through a pocket of warm air — wheels kissing tarmac with a soft hiss that feels more like a promise than an arrival.
• Ellerei stirs awake against Knox’s shoulder — the faint bite of sun spilling through the window, hot on her cheek where he brushes his thumb to wake her the rest of the way.
• She hums — a soft, sleepy sound that makes his mouth tug crooked when she shifts her thigh just enough to remind him where his hand settled halfway through the flight.