The Scent of Life

While Hazel was digging a hole, someone suddenly picked her up. She swung her small shovel with all her might but missed, and the shovel fell to the ground.

"I apologize, Miss Hazel."

Upon hearing those words, she felt like she was flying, rising higher and higher from the ground, with the sound of rushing wind filling her ears.

Reid reached out and grabbed at the air, but once he recognized the p