Blurb:
Aislinn and Sebastian, along with
Mya and Caleb, set off to the Amazon Rainforest in search of the
During their separation,
Sebastian and Mya are captured and must find a way to escape being sacrificed
by the Rebel Leaders. Luckily, Aislinn and Caleb come to their rescue only to
come face to face with an uprising.
As Aislinn learns more about her
spirit animal, the red-tailed hawk, she discovers that she holds the keys to
her memories and that her memories hold the keys to her purpose.
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Excerpt:
And without even answering me, Caleb whips off his
shirt, pants, and shoes, leaving only his boxer briefs to cover his essentials.
His huge biceps are barely noticeable compared to his six-pack abs.
“Are you
crazy? What are you doing?” I fret as Caleb jumps in.
“What
does it look like I’m doing? I’m taking a quick dip to cool off. Come on in.
It’s amazing.”
“I
probably shouldn’t. I’ll live vicariously through you.”
“Come on.
Are you worried about what Sebastian would think?” Caleb says with a
flirtatious voice. He smiles and points to the water.
Well
actually, I am worried about what Sebastian would think, but I’m not about to let
him know that.
“No. Of
course not.”
“Do you
think that if Sebastian ran into a pool of water in this hot and humid
rainforest that he wouldn’t jump in right now?”
He has a
point. Standing there dripping in sweat and parched as ever, I decide to stop
over-thinking everything and just do it.
“Okay.
I’m coming in. Just, turn around would you?”
“Of
course.” Caleb turns around with a mischievous grin.
Without further ado, I take off my shirt
since I have a cami on underneath. I quickly pull off my pants and place them
near Caleb’s. I nervously take one deep breath and jump in before he can see
anything.
“Oh my
god. It is amazing.”
The water
is perfect and it feels exceptionally refreshing. I sip mouthfuls of water to
satisfy my extreme thirst. It’s so fresh and clean. It’s unlike any other body
of water that I’ve been in. No pool, lake, or stream back home could compare.
“Told
you,” Caleb says while diving underneath the water. Anxiously, I look around
and find him swimming directly toward me.
“Don’t do
that.”
“Don’t do
what? Go under the water?” He laughs.
“You know
what I mean.” I swim to the other end of the glistening pool of crystal clear
water and try my best to wrap my hair in a bun without any hair accessories. I
never cared for hair all over my face while swimming. It just gets in the way.
“So, do
you miss him?” Caleb asks while swimming toward me once again.
“What are
you talking about?” I decide to play dumb to Caleb’s questions. I need a minute
to gather my thoughts. Why is he asking me this? Caleb swims even closer to me,
causing me to back up to the embankment. Water drips down his face and onto his
lips. He doesn’t answer me. Instead, he just stares at me, waiting for a
response.
“Sebastian? Of course I miss him,” I say. “Why? Do you miss Mya?”
Caleb
laughs. “Mya? Hardly. No, it’s not like that.”
“What is
it like then?”
“Mya is just
a friend. She’s too crazy for me.”
“So crazy
is bad?”
“No. Not
all crazy. Just Mya crazy.”
Caleb is
now just a couple of inches from me. Since I only have on my underwear and
cami, I become uneasy and move back a little. Caleb looks at me and says,
“What? Do I smell?”
“No, it’s
just-” Water suddenly splashes in my face interrupting me. I wipe my eyes and
soon realize that Caleb just splashed me in the face.
“Did you
just splash me?”
“Nope,”
Caleb says as he flirtatiously splashes me again.
“You so
just splashed me.”
“Uh-uh,”
he murmurs as he does it again. I splash him back continuously and we have an
all-out splash war. His splashes are much harder, so I stop splashing and curl
my head into my hands and play victim. I figure it’s my only chance for
survival.
“What’s
wrong? Are you all right?” Caleb asks as he stops splashing to see if I’m okay.
I snidely
lift my head and yell, “Gotcha” while splashing him wildly in the face.
“You
better run,” he says.
“You mean
swim,” I correct as I hurriedly try to get away, but he catches me.
“Where
are you going?” he asks while holding on to me and tickling me. I turn around
and beg him to
Caleb
stops tickling me and looks deeply into my eyes and for just a second, I forget
where I am. I stare back at him and everything stops. My throat swallows water
left from the splashing. And just as he is about to presumably kiss me, thunder
rumbles in the sky. A sign from above has clearly spoken saying that this play
was way too much, and I couldn’t agree more. What am I doing?
About the Author:
N. Dunham is the author of the
Visionary Trilogy~A young adult fantasy series that incorporates psychic
phenomena & spirit animals!
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