Those times when the heart stops and somehow air gets lodged in your throat, so sudden it makes you cough, happened to Serena the moment she turned and was met with Lisa. What was she doing here? Was that concern written on her face?

Stormy baby blue eyes caught sight of Lisa’s wand, ready. Was she here to hex her? Was she that mad? Serena adored her friend, but she was not the kind to take lightly to attacks. It was embedded in her DNA to stand and fight. Ugh. Why was life like this?

But her gut said otherwise. Lisa would never hurt her. Not physically, anyway.

“Lisa,” she said, the name feeling foreign despite how much it crossed her mind. “There’s—“ At that moment she heard Arden’s voice. “A jungle.” That didn’t make sense.

Serena stepped much closer to the door. “There’s a JUNGLE????” Someone explain, please.