The light shone on Willow’s long hair that tumbled down her shoulder and coiled around her face. She looked as lively as a fairy fluttering around in the warm midsummer. She was vivacious, naive, and sometimes silly, but her smile brightened up the world. Captivated by her smile, Jasper couldn’t move his eyes away.

Noticing his stare, Willow smiled sheepishly and quickly buried her face in the blanket. Jasper snapped out of it. Nervous, he stood up. “I’ll check things out. You get to sleep.”

“Sure, but come back soon,” said Willow.

It was the dead of the night when Jasper came back. Willow had fallen asleep, and her leg was peeking out of the blanket. Jasper was amused, then he tucked her in and nudged her leg into the blanket.

Nothing happened that night. Morning came, and everyone got ready for the expedition. Aside from the designated team, everyone else stayed behind to guard the ship. Willow was on the expedition team, and she had four bodyguards with her.

reach it.” Willow approached Jasper holding a tub of sunscreen. She was only

took the sunscreen and helped her

couldn’t reach. Unbeknownst to her, Jasper was tall enough to notice the skin under her shirt when she was in this position. Willow grew perfectly, her

he rubbed the sunscreen across her back, Jasper

opened up her closet and took a black windbreaker out.

guide’s instructions. The cave was only thirty minutes away, and they arrived at their destination not too long later. It was a natural cave with a

closely. When they came to the ship, what the team saw shocked them. The excited archeologists quickly whipped out their gear to start their investigation. Willow was equally excited as well. They split into smaller teams and entered the ship in batches. The vessel was gigantic—almost a hundred feet from forward to stern. The deck was about thirty feet wide. Shipbuilding was already decent enough even

to three layers of cabin in this ship.

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