As Jaden looked around, a voice drifted into his ears.
"Jaden!"
All three of them — Jaden, Selina and Shelly — turned towards the direction of the voice, and their eyes fell to Arden, who was watching them with a smile stretched across his childlike face.
A similar expression appeared on Jaden's face as he stepped forward toward him, but he halted mid-step and turned around to Selina and said, while offering his hand to her, "Let's go."
She looked at his hand and scanned the crowd that filled the vast room before nodding and accepting his hand, a smile appeared on her face.
'It's warm...' she thought.
He looked at Selina and then at Withey and Blacky, who were in his other hand. A frown descended onto his face as he spoke, "I don't have a free hand for you..."
Selina looked at Shelly, offered her hand and added, "Here."
Shelly looked at Selina's hand, grabbed it with her own, and they began to walk towards Arden while making sure not to bump into the others.
