**Vira (POV) **
[Kaarmanet, Forest of Wonders]
I couldn't help it, the butterflies were so enticing as if they were calling to me, and my finger moved towards them despite the cries and warnings. I could hear Vann and the Brain Squad call me but my mind and body had lost their coordination. The pull I felt towards the agitated swarm had no words to be described... I could feel it in my bones and every fiber of my being, just like I felt the pull towards my mate regardless of everything.
"Touch them!" Z purred in my head and that was all the encouragement my hand needed to reach out to them.
The red flickers intensified angrily the closer my finger got to the one particular butterfly my eyes were focused on. Time slowed down around me and all I could see were the inches between my po
