Chapter 139: She Wouldn't Let Go
Elias Kane felt the air leave him again.
This time, it did not hurt in the same way.
Earlier, the suffocation had been blunt and ugly, all panic and instinct, like being shoved underwater and held there until the body forgot dignity. Now it felt stranger, softer, and more dangerous for that softness. It was as if he had fallen into syrup made from light and sugar, drowning not under pressure, but under something sweet enough to pass for tenderness until it closed over his head.
When Serena Blackwood finally let him breathe, the thin line between them was no longer a single trace.
