EMBER’S POV

“I don’t care. Somewhere warm. Somewhere with an ocean.”

“I have a house in the south of Portugal. On a cliff. You can see the Atlantic from the bedroom and the kitchen and the bathroom and frankly from every room because I had very specific requirements when it was built.”

“You built a house on a cliff in Portugal and never mentioned this?”

“It never came up.”

“An entire HOUSE, Knox.”

“A modest house.”

“Your idea of modest is most people’s idea of a palace.”

“There’s a garden. Olive trees. A terrace where you can eat breakfast and watch the waves and the nearest neighbour is four miles...