Chapter 179

Elodie’s POV

I didn’t sleep.

Not because of nightmares or restlessness, but because every time I closed my eyes, my body remembered the exact weight of Kiernan’s hand at my waist and the way his breath had stuttered just before he kissed me.

It was like my senses had learned a new language overnight and refused to forget it.

When morning came, I felt it in everything. The way I dressed more caref