Lily POV
The soft chime of my phone notification pierced through the haze of contentment that had settled over us. Lazily, I reached for the device where it had fallen beside the blanket, expecting to see a message from Celeste or perhaps Emma checking on my whereabouts.
Instead, the time display made my blood run cold: 4:00 PM.
"Oh my God!" I screamed, the sound echoing across the peaceful lake and startling a flock of birds from nearby trees. "Kai, it's four o'clock!"
I was supposed to have met the history lecturer at two o'clock sharp. We had been here for nearly six hours—six hours of stolen time that I hadn't even noticed passing in the blissful bubble of being with my mate.
I quickly extricated myself from Kai's arms, jumping to my feet in a panic. My clothes were scattered around the blanket where we had discarded them during our passionate afternoon, and I frantically began gathering them up.
