Chasing Bella's shadow
And after a little more rustling, a young woman emerged, clearly wondering what she had stumbled upon.
She was a tall, slender female with dusky skin and long dark hair, dressed casually in a pair of jeans and a plain t-shirt.
Mikhail couldn't miss the lithe play of muscle in her arms as they hung by her side.
Her head was cocked at an angle; brown eyes brimming with mirth as she surveyed his predicament.
"I'm just gonna go ahead and take a stab that this is probably the last place you want to be right now?"
And Mikhail found himself grinning at her straightforwardness, "Er, yes, I would definitely rather be somewhere else right now, damn, this is so embarrassing!"
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