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The mist cleared some more as we reached the river. It was one of the most beautiful sights I'd ever seen. I almost forgot about Jack. Trees dipped their branches in the water, and fish swished and swam around the rocks. The remains of the mist swirled around the tops of the trees like smoke.
We had to skip across the rocks to get to the other side. The water rushed under our feet and between boulders as we hopped from one rock to the other. I slipped. Byron gripped my hand to keep me from falling in. My legs were unsteady as my feet touched the river bank on the other side. I breathed hard, and my lungs were burning. We hadn't even reached the halfway mark yet.
A troop of monkeys ran across the trail and bounded into the forest as Byron urged me onward. I could quite happily have thr
