~HAZEL~

The fire crackled low while I gazed into the flames as if the answers to everything were hidden in the shifting orange light. I sat a little distance away on top of a log, knees drawn up, arms wrapped around myself against the chill that had nothing to do with the cold air.

Ashton hadn't spoken much words since Ariel was grabbed through the portal.

I could not believe she'd went against a rule and was removed because of it. I also could not get over the look Ashton gave me ...