Alec wakes up to find himself back in the forest at his island. He had decided to look for his Rose here earlier in the day and had fallen asleep after searching for a while. His heart had told him that she might be here.
Yesterday’s search hadn’t been fruitful but today he was hopeful. Walking around, he suddenly feels his blood flowing a little faster. His breathing quickens when he senses his Rose to be somewhere nearby.
As he starts running through the forest, looking for her, he reaches the same spot where his minx had made a move on him the last time, but this time she is nowhere to be found.
As he runs around doing a round-up of the nearby areas, he finds himself gravitating back to the same spot. Sweating profusely and completely out of breath, he closes his eyes and rests his body against the bark of the tree, trying to catch his breath.