The Luna Queen's Rebirth (Ellie and Dominic) novel Chapter 514

Chapter 514

Ellie’s POV

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Somehow, I managed to sleep a little that night. I woke at some point, unsure of the time of day, to the feeling of Dominic’s arm draped across my waist and his chest rising and falling against my back.

The brazier had burned down to coals, throwing a dull orange glow across the shelves. Somewhere above us, an entire mountain sat between this little room and the sky, and for the moment, I didn’t care.

I shifted to get up, and his arm tightened, pulling me back in.

“Five more minutes,” he mumbled into my hair.

“You said that an hour ago,” I laughed.

“Did I?” He cracked one eye open. “What time is it?”

“I haven’t the faintest.”

He pressed his lips to the back of my neck, then groaned and sat up, wincing as his injured rib protested. “How’d you sleep?” he asked.

“Like the dead.”

He gave me a flat look.

“Too soon?”

“Two lifetimes too soon.”

We got ready by the light of the coals. There wasn’t much to pack. I rewrapped my hand and pulled on my boots. My sweater was more holes than wool at this point, but it would have to do. Dominic shrugged into his coat, finally dry after a night beside the brazier, and checked the headlamp twice, of course.

I set the fallen books back on their shelves before we left. It felt wrong not to. The diary sat behind its locked gate, chained and quiet, and I left it exactly that way. The historians could have it. I just wanted to go home.

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