Seeing nothing out of the ordinary, Ophelia exited the house and walked around to the side of the building where she had leaned her bike. She threw her leg over, preparing to get on and head home when she heard a familiar voice from the woods. “Ophelia!”

She slid off her bike and walked toward the sound. “Takoda?”

Approaching the woods, she smiled as her eyes met his. They were the only part of him she could see from the trees, luminescent and alluring as ...