She lingered in his arms as she waited for the queasy feeling in her stomach to pass. Taking a deep breath, she blinked her eyes open. She begrudgingly took a step away, detangling herself from him, to survey the new locations. A grove of large trees surrounded them, the leaf canopy shading the large patch of dry dirt they were standing in. The shade was providing relief from the sun and cooling the air around them. The sun broke through the leaf canopy in blown-out light rays that shifted slightly with the breeze. 