"Ari is waiting to be saved!" Red heard Archer say and then she didn't expect him to grab her and she accidentally hugged his tall frame to keep herself steady.
"Partio!" he yelled.
Blue light glowed in a circle of fungus around them. The spores expanded and in fleeting moments exploded in chorus reminding Red of little specks of stars and they teleported instantaneously to the other side of the island.
For a brief minute, Red's surroundings with the sounds of the ocean's waves crashing on the shores mixed and merged with the forest's night life of tropical cries of cicadas frolicking in the darkness.
"Stay low, and no unnecessary sounds." Ari whispered, his breath touching the top of her small forehead making her stray baby hairs move the slightest bit. She was still hugging him and his scent invaded her senses.
Sweat and salty seawater mixed with a musky manly scent.
Intoxicatingly delicious.
