"Aaahh!!"
Alia clenched her wet eyes shut as she relentlessly screamed, inadvertently alerting Xander and his men that were not too far away from their location.
"Sir McKnight, did you hear that?"
"Loud and clear." Xander removed the dark shades from his face and a small mischievous smile upturned his pale lips, "I think Alia's awake."
Back at the cave, Taranis quickly clamped his hand over Alia's mouth to silence her. He was so confused; 'Why did she suddenly scream like that?'
He wrapped his arms around her, patting her naked back and caressing her soft black hair as she hid her face in his chest; getting closer to him as if she wanted to hide completely in his arms.
Alia was shaking terribly in his arms, the night was getting colder by the second, but her body was soaked with sweat. Taranis could hear the hammering of her heart, blood rushing like a quick stream through her veins, and her short, shallow breaths.
