The vine that had wrapped itself around Meilan's waist tightened and lifted her completely off the ground, forcing her to back away from me.
For a second, she just hung there, her mouth hanging opened in stunned shock. Then she started to screamed.
The sound echoed across the front yard as she twisted and clawed at the vine holding her. Her feet kicked uselessly through the air while the jungle just completely ignored her. The vine wasn't crushing her, it wasn't trying to kill her. It was simply preventing her from getting to me.
Which was honestly kind of funny.
A few seconds ago she had been charging toward me like she intended to solve all of her problems personally. Now she was dangling several feet above the ground like an angry decoration while I stayed comfortably in Yuche's arms.
The only thing that would have made this better was a snack, but I wasn't going to go there... or was I?
