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.

look at your hand and put a fresh bandage on it,"

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

is feeling a lot

wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that would prevent you

unwrapped

I

very good, Eliza.But we still don’t

glanced up at me and 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

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

a little red but the wound was

stitches had fallen out on their own once it had

Cryptex had

"Hmm…."

that a good ‘hmm’ or a bad ‘hmm?'"

scars… I’ve never seen anything

isn’t tight

eye on them,

and pressed his lips to the

my spine and

the perfect amount of pressure to be comforting and

fingers lightly caressed my wrist and forearm, his lips moving to the tips of my

closed my eyes, heat pooling

as Jared kissed my fingertips one at a time, starting

I bit my lower lip and

his eyes to

he was doing to me, and he

head to toe, and

inside of my wrist.He tilted

my turn

blue eyes had turned to molten sapphire, penetrating me like

unrolled his bedroll by the fire and motioned

in the direction Abe

if he comes

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

giggled and sat down on the

the fire wrapped

a warm

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

knees,

like he

his lips to mine and I

around his neck and lay back, pulling him on

weight covered me, pressing against me in

pressing his tongue against my skin

nibbled lightly on my

arched into

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

slid under my shirt, pushing it up my

along my skin, leaving pleasurable tingles in

my shirt,

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

lips kissed the centerline of

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

breath tickled

tightened and my

Jared covered my breasts

them gently, pinching my n*****s until they tightened

I stuttered, throwing my

kissed along the waistline of my pants, his tongue sliding across my

swelled and I clenched and

my hips slightly, searching

the button on my pants and hooked his

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