Martial Cousins 1

Her feet pushed against the walls as she swam across the length of the thirty-meter long pool. She swam several laps up and down the pool until she came to rest at the edge of the pool. She walked out of the water toward the massive wall of windows that faced the mountainside. There was nothing but trees as far as the eye could see. The different shades of green painted the landscape.

Tora sat on the lounge chair facing the windows before taking a sip of her fruit juice. She placed the glass back on the table, letting her body rest in the sun.

Some movement in her peripheral directed her eyes below, to the ground entrance of the compound. Darren and Alesia stood on the pavement before turning toward the West as they made their way down the mountain path.