Persistence

Chapter 24 - Persistence

Penelope

A faint ringing somewhere in the distance threatened to pull me from my dreams. The dream where I was currently reliving the moment Garren's lips met mine, the world around us fading to nothing as fireworks ignited within my veins.

It felt as if the world started and stopped with us. Garren tasted even better than I could have ever imagined, the sweet taste of peppermint and sugar brushing across my tongue as I tasted him. I swore I could still taste him on my tongue and that I could still feel the swelling of my lips after only a few moments of kissing him. Erasing the bitter, broken memory of that night in the alleyway and replacing it with the memory of the fire that burned deep within my chest at the mere thought of kissing him again.

The ringing grew louder, shattering the dreaming world as I was forced to wake. I rolled over toward the edge of the bed, running my hands along my bedside table until my fingers brushed across the noisy culprit. I