The alarm rang too early.
Too loud. Too sharp.
It cut through the silence of the room like a blade, pulling Iva abruptly from the shallow, restless sleep she had barely managed to fall into.
She groaned softly, her brows knitting as she instinctively tried to move, her hand reaching toward the nightstand—
But she couldn’t.
She frowned.
Confused.
Her body didn’t respond the way she expected.
Something was holding her down. Something warm, heavy, strong.
Her breath caught slightly as awareness returned in fragments, her senses sharpening slowly as she realized exactly what that “something” was.
Caleb.
Her eyes widened just a little as she turned her head carefully, her movements slow and cautious so she wouldn’t wake him.
He was wrapped around her.
Completely.
One arm draped fi
