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.

should take a look at your hand and put a fresh bandage on it," Jared said

and led me closer to the fire.I sat down

feeling

least there wasn’t some kind of

unwrapped

swelling has gone down, and I

we still don’t know

grinned.He tossed the 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 to keep from

crazy, especially since the other night.I

was still a little red but the

stitches had fallen out on their own once it

cuts the Cryptex had made were jagged, white

"Hmm…."

a bad ‘hmm?'"

never

it isn’t tight or uncomfortable at all." I

an eye on

my hand and pressed his lips to the

shudder ran down my spine and my toes

applying the perfect amount of pressure to

wrist and forearm, his lips moving to the tips

closed my eyes, heat

a time,

lower

his eyes to mine and he

knew exactly what he was doing to me, and he was

from head to toe, and I just knew I was

lips to the inside of my wrist.He tilted his eyes up,

I said before, it is my turn

ragged and his blue eyes had

by the fire and motioned me

in the direction Abe had wandered

if he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

sat down on

fire wrapped around me like a

a

millions of stars, and

knees, Jared crawled toward

roaming over me like he was getting ready to devour me

mine and I moaned into his

looped my arms around his neck and lay back,

covered me, pressing against me in

tongue against my skin

nibbled lightly

into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

my shirt, pushing it

my skin, leaving

grabbed my shirt, pulling it over my

getting him to touch me and feeling as much of his skin on mine

lips kissed the

around my back and worked on the clasp of my bra as he kissed just

warm breath tickled

and my legs trembled

was gone, Jared covered my breasts

gently, pinching my n*****s until

my

kissed along the waistline of my pants,

swelled and I clenched

hips slightly, searching for

on my pants and hooked his

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