"What are you doing wandering around by yourself?"

Katelina jumped back, and Loren and Ume popped out of the vegetation, both looking relieved at the interruption. "Oh, hey Katelina," the boy said.

Verchiel put his arm around Loren and motioned toward the jungle. "What are you two up to in there? Playing spin the bottle?" Loren blushed and Verchiel turned to Katelina. "We could join them, though there would have to be a no sibling rule."

Katelina rolled her ...