The hooting of owls on tree branches overhead broke through the silence of the eerie forest, albeit for the inadvertent snap of twigs the young couple encountered as they strode.
It'd been over an hour since they'd set themselves free from the ruins of their crashed yacht on the shore of this unusual island. The older man, Mikael, held the mildly salvaged map within his grasp, attempting to maneuver through the hurdle of oak trees that seemed to lead to a clearing soon.
What was strange was the fact that they hadn't encountered any feral beast nor reptilian creature since they'd ventured in. Sierra, his savvy mistress, held unto his forearm for dear life, whipping her head back and forth as she surveyed their surroundings, alert by the vague sound of anything other than the movement of their feet.
She'd never signed up for an impromptu hike through a deserted island with no internet service or call signal. Mikael invited her and some other employees on his yacht to cruise over the coast of some exquisite islands only to be met by a startling storm that turned their vacation to an unprecedented tragedy.
She and Mikael were the only ones to emerge from the flames alive with trifling injuries and fractures. Now they needed to find a place to sleep for the night, hoping to get help from his company's support service by morning.
They finally emerged from the tree line onto a clearing, a grove of lilies spread across the space. It seemed like they'd reached the middle of the forest.
"We'll camp out here for the night," Mikael muttered, shrugging off his mildly burnt backpack that contained a few necessities like spare blankets, a fraction of a sandwich, and a few bottles of water.
"Out here?" Sierra spoke up, wrapping her arms around her midsection, running her hands over her chilly arms, "What if we get attacked by an animal or something while we're asleep?"
"Who said anything about sleeping?" Mikael smirked, looking over his shoulder at the beautiful woman before him, he turns to her when she cocks head to the side, feigning ignorance, "We could spend our time keeping watch of our surroundings while we keep ourselves awake"
"You're really crazy if you think I'm going to have sex out in the open like this," she snaps, taking a step away from him when he moves closer, "We should focus on contacting someone about our crash"
"We agreed to preserve our battery life till morning, and I intend to do just that. It's hopeless to continue effortlessly when we can wait till daybreak-"
"What difference would it make?" she questions, flaying her hands in exasperation as Mikael scoffs, turning his attention back to setting their makeshift bed.
