Chapter 60: Captain Trouble.
Elara’s POV
“Eli!”
The door shook under a series of thunderous bangs that nearly sent me crawling out of my own skin.
I jerked upright, half-screaming, half-frozen... until I realized the warmth I’d been pressed against wasn’t a dream. It was Liam. Shirtless. Real. And still holding me like he hadn’t just been threatened with homicide from the hallway.
Wait.
Us.
I was wrapped around him like a clingy sleep-deprived octopus, and he wasn’t even pretending to be bothered. His fingers were still tangled in my hair. One of my legs was draped over his thigh. And his bare chest was rising and falling beneath my palm like this was just... normal.
Another bang rattled the door.
“I swear to the Moon, Liam!” Kian’s voice, sharp, lethal, and dripping with fury. “I
