The nights in Morhaven carried a warm, salty sea breeze. The air held a faint scent of sulfur, which Flora Bloom figured was drifting over from where the Eye of Earthen Fire volcano rose near the waterfront.
Morhaven should have been gradually cooling for winter, but with the rise of the Eye of Earthen Fire, the temperature was slowly climbing again.
Flora Bloom opened her window. Dressed in casual clothes and sneakers, she leaped boldly from the sill. At her call, Snowy took to the sky with perfect timing, arriving by her side the instant she cleared the window.
She mounted Snowy's broad back, her hands grabbing onto its soft white fur. In the dead of night, a massive, snow-white tiger carried a girl in casual clothes as it soared toward Area 007.
