ELOISE
My alarm hadn't even gone off yet.
The low, insistent buzz of my phone vibrating against the nightstand woke me out of a deep, dreamless sleep. I groaned, burying my face in my pillow before reaching out blind fingers to swipe the screen.
"Hello?" I rasped, my voice thick and heavy with sleep.
"Good morning, sleeper," a smooth, warm voice purred down the line.
I sat up slightly, rubbing the sleep from my eyes as I pulled the phone back to check the screen. An unknown number.
"Who's this?" I mumbled, leaning against the headboard.
"Jax," he said softly, a low chuckle vibrating through the receiver. "Jax Cole. Did I wake you?"
A sudden jolt of electricity shot straight down my spine. I sat all the way up, pulling the duvet over my lap, my heart doing an unexpected, flu
