#Chapter 114: The Necessary Security Measures

Elara’s POV

I’m going to kiss Zarek. Out of relief, out of gratitude, and because I want to. I’m almost entranced, in a daze with how much I want to press my lips to his.

Yet, with only a sliver between us, my phone starts to ring and I pause.

The ringer is loud from my pocket, and it works as something of an alarm clock, waking me from my trance.

I stand up more fully, moving backwards from where