Chapter 85 Every Way He Promised

• The air was still thick with the sound of her last moan, her thighs trembling around his shoulders when he finally stood—slow, steady, towering in front of her like the storm he’d always been.
• Ellerei’s breath was wrecked. Her back pressed against the cool wall, her eyes wide, lips swollen, the curve of her bare chest rising and falling in sharp, shallow stutters. She was still trying to catch up—still clinging to that first wave when Knox leaned in, one palm dragging slow up her ribs.
• "One," he murmured against her cheek, voice raw with pride and promise. “That’s one.”