Chapter 68 : Could it Last Forever

"You’re sure this is the right spot?" Jared asked, putting a hand on my shoulder.

I nodded and glanced around again.

It wasn’t exactly like my vision, but I was certain this was the place.

The only problem was, there was this giant rockslide in our way.

We’d have to clear it away.

Silently, I thanked the Moon Goddess and White Queen for leaving those three pavers untouched.

Without them, I wouldn’t have recognized the location.

"It’s getting late.Why don’t we camp here for the night?"

Abe suggested.

He sighed and dropped his pack from his shoulder, stretching until his spine popped.

"Good idea.It’s too late to clear these rocks away, and I don’t see another path around," Jared agreed.

It didn’t take all that long to set up camp.

My hand wasn’t swollen or aching anymore.

I set up the tents while Jared brought water from a nearby stream and Abe got the fire started.

By the time the fire was roaring and crackling, spitting sparks into the air, the sun had sunk below the horizon.

Fireflies glowed around the camp, mimicking the sparks from the fire.

We’d gotten pretty good at setting up camp quickly, just the three of us.

Despite the seriousness of our trip, I was almost enjoying the peaceful, simple nights spent under the stars.

"I’m going to keep a lookout for the night," Abe announced.

He ducked into his tent and closed the flap.

I heard him shuffling his clothes around.

He was probably going to shift so he could rely on stronger vision and sense of smell while he took sentry duty.

"If you get tired, wake me up and I’ll relieve you," Jared offered.

Abe grunted from inside his tent.

The side poked out suddenly, like his elbow hit the fabric.

I covered my mouth, muffling my giggle in my palm.

Jared glanced sideways at me and shook his head.

"I’m probably not going to be up all night.I just want to make sure that no one is following us.And if they are, I want to get a good bead on their scent."

"Why would anyone be following us?" I asked, looking to Jared again.

"Someone messed with our packs today.But that doesn’t mean we are being followed."

He shrugged and one corner of his mouth turned down in a frown.

"Better safe than sorry," Abe said.

His tent trembled and I heard him shift.

A big, black, wet nose poked the tent flap open.

Abe’s wolf appeared.He shook himself from head to toe, his sleek, glossy fur shimmering in the firelight.He snorted out a cloud of breath and headed up the pile of rocks, nails clicking and scraping as he went.

your hand and put a fresh

my wrist loosely and led me closer to the fire.I sat down on a folding

feeling a lot

fast, which is comforting.At least there wasn’t some kind of poison

carefully unwrapped the

and I can use it

very good, Eliza.But we still don’t know what the Cryptex did to

soiled bandage aside and gently probed at my hand.His touch was so light and tender, sending warm tingles up my arm.I bit the inside of my cheek

other night.I couldn’t get

still a little red but the

out on their own

had made

"Hmm…."

a good ‘hmm’ or a bad ‘hmm?'" I

I’ve never seen anything

isn’t tight or uncomfortable

eye on them, just in

hand and pressed his lips

down my spine and my

perfect amount of pressure to

caressed my wrist and forearm, his lips

my eyes, heat pooling between

one at a time, starting with my thumb and ending with my

my lower

his eyes to mine

and he was clearly enjoying my torture.I narrowed my eyes

from head to toe, and

to the inside of my wrist.He tilted his eyes up, looking at me from a low

it is my

eyes had turned to molten sapphire,

unrolled his bedroll by the fire and

glanced in the direction

he comes

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

and sat down on the

of the fire wrapped around

was a

sky was littered with millions of stars, and

hands and knees,

roaming over me like he was getting ready to devour me

mine and I

his neck and lay

covered me, pressing against me in all the right

my skin

nibbled lightly on my

into his

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

shirt, pushing it

my skin, leaving pleasurable

shirt, pulling it

thought in my head was focused on getting him to touch me and feeling as

kissed the centerline of

on the clasp of

warm breath

core tightened and my legs trembled

my bra was gone, Jared covered my breasts with

massaged them gently, pinching my n*****s until they tightened into firm

stuttered, throwing my

along the waistline of my

I clenched

slightly, searching for

my pants and hooked his fingers in

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