Restless

Chapter 14 - Restless

Penelope

I heard a distant buzzing sound, pulling me from my restless sleep. I rubbed my eyes as the vibrating got louder, feeling my way across the obscenely huge bed. My fingers brushed across the nightstand until I found my phone.

Squinting against the bright light, I looked at Hilary's picture smiling back at me. I cursed as I scrambled to get up from bed.

After my and Garren's argument, if you could call it that, I had completely forgotten to call her to let her know I wouldn't be there this morning. I looked at the time; it was five am when we usually called one another while we got ready. I wasn't sure how the time difference worked for the dragon realm, but in Ontario, it would mean it was eight am.

I swiped the green button bringing my phone to my ear, clearing my throat.

"Hello."

"Wow, so you do know how to work your phone. Here I was, thinking that maybe you hit your head, got amnesia, and forgot how your phone worked. Because surely you wouldn't j