Chapter 113

James’s POV

I woke up in a bank of snow. It’s really cold but soothing to me. I sat up and looked at my surroundings. I was in the middle of a forest. As I start to get up, the most intoxicating scent catches my attention. It smells of juniper berries and fir trees. It was her.

I started to make my way through the forest. I needed to find her. Maria? No, Zira? I couldn’t tell who I was going after. I ran for what felt like hours until I came to a crossroads. How cliche? Their scent surrounded me like a cloud as I looked back and forth between my options.

Then I heard her voice. It was… Maria.

“Jamesy-bear.” Her nickname for me. I hated it but it made her smile and that was good enough for me. “Come this way.”

I started to follow her voice. It was beautiful and mesmerizing still. I hurried down the road until I saw her, waiting by a creek. Her fiery red hair flirting in the wind. She turned and her eyes were a dazzling shade of green. She smiled a