Serenity peered into the shadowed woods where the men had disappeared. She wished she were not stuck in a dress and would have brought her sword along. If a fight broke out, she was going to end up ripping the skirt of the dress so she could move freely.
“Trying to give us the slip?” Serenity felt an arm swoop around her shoulders, and she jumped, a bit startled. She turned her head up to see James looking down at her with a crooked smile on his face and his eyes raised.
Serenity immediately raised her fingers up to his lips, James’s face tensed and put on a serious expression. He looked down noticing her sword and then reached back to grab his own. Whatever the reason she thought she needed a sword, he would use his with her as well. He leaned his mouth next to her ear and whispered, “
