The sun had already climbed high overhead, but Lyra didn't realize it. She was still lost in her dreams when the nonstop ringing came from the bag beside her.
Lyra slowly opened her eyes halfway and fumbled toward the bag.
"Hello…" she murmured, already drifting back toward sleep.
"Where are you?" Pearl's voice came from the other end of the line. She had come home from work that morning and gone straight to bed to rest.
When she later woke up and realized Lyra wasn't there, she started to worry because there was no note left behind. That was why she called.
"Lyra? Are you there?" Pearl asked, her voice turning puzzled when Lyra suddenly went quiet.
Before Lyra could respond, Rowan grabbed the phone from her hand.
"Lyra is still asleep. Call back later," he said quietly before ending the call.
He set the phone aside, then slipped his arm around her waist and slowly pulled her closer to him.
The earlier noise had pulled him from sleep, stirring a restless hunger within him.
