The steam from the hot spring clung to the cool night air, swirling around Thalina as she sputtered, her hair soaked and plastered against her face.
Her body was submerged up to her shoulders in the warm, steaming water, and for a moment, she thought she had drowned—until she realized she was still very much alive and very much furious.
What just happened?
She shot upright, wiping the water from her eyes.
Her heart pounded as she glanced around, searching for the source of her sudden and unexpected plunge.
There, just ahead, was the gleaming surface of the water, and... Eryx.
Wait.
Where did he go?!
Her breath hitched as she scrambled to her feet, pushing her wet hair out of her face.
She turned around quickly, ready to yell at Vanora for causing the chaos, but the little wolf was happily paddling away in the water, completely oblivious. Thalina was ready to go off when—
A sudden shadow loomed over her.
