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.

fresh bandage on it," Jared said as

me closer to the fire.I sat down on a folding camping chair and Jared knelt down

is feeling

wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that

carefully unwrapped the

gone down, and I can

all very good, Eliza.But we still don’t know

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

me going crazy, especially since the other night.I couldn’t

was still a little red but the

their own once it had healed

had made were jagged,

"Hmm…."

a good ‘hmm’ or a bad ‘hmm?'"

scars… I’ve never seen anything

isn’t tight or

an eye on them,

lifted my hand and pressed his lips

shudder ran down my

warm and gentle, applying the perfect amount of pressure to be comforting

forearm, his lips moving

closed my eyes, heat pooling

as Jared kissed my fingertips one at a time, starting with my thumb and ending with my

I bit my lower lip

lifted his eyes to mine and

what he was doing to me, and he was clearly enjoying my torture.I narrowed my eyes

to toe, and I just knew I was beet

wrist.He tilted his eyes up, looking at me from a

is my turn to bring you to

husky and ragged and his blue eyes had turned to molten

unrolled his bedroll by the fire and motioned me

direction Abe

if he comes

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

sat down on the

wrapped around

a warm

was littered with millions of stars, and fireflies continued to glow

his hands and knees,

like he was getting ready to

pressed his lips to mine and I

my arms around his neck and lay

weight covered me, pressing against me in all the right

pressing his tongue against my skin as he trailed

nibbled lightly

into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

under my shirt, pushing

along my skin, leaving pleasurable

my shirt,

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

kissed the

my back and worked on the clasp of my

warm breath

tightened and my

was gone, Jared covered my

my n*****s until they tightened into firm

I stuttered, throwing my arm over my

along the waistline of my pants, his tongue sliding across

I clenched and

my hips slightly, searching for more

on my pants and

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