She didn't say anything after that. She merely buried her face in his neck, closing her eyes. She wanted to block out the rest of the world, just for one night.
Jade fell asleep a few minutes later, her eyelids fluttering closed. Her breathing became the deeper, slower breathing of rest, and she seemed to relax against him.
Dani was about to answer, when a ferocious growl erupted form the trees, and birds took off into the air with shrill alarm calls. Dani, to, let out a scream, and clung to Isaac for protection despite the pain the tension caused.
Two large paws appeared on the path, and a large and beautifully vicious head thrust its way out of the wall of trees and wild growth. It was a lion, a temendously huge mountain lion, at least double and possibly triple the size of a regular mountain lion, and it swung its head around a few times before prowling onward througout the woods.
It was a good thing they had lifted off moments before.