Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

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. Tll 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.

Willow approached Jasper holding at tub of sunscreen. She

for a moment, but he took the sunscreen and helped her rub it across

sunscreen all over the places she couldn’t reach. Unbeknownst to her, Jasper was tall enough to notice the skin under her shirt when

“Thanks.” She opened up her closet and took a black windbreaker out. She then tied her hair into a ponytail so that

not too long later. It was a natural cave with a

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 back in

split their team based on the work they would do. Willow’s team would stay on the deck to investigate. She whipped out her magnifying glass to take a closer look, but then

The place she stood on earlier had shattered and fallen. Jasper held the