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.

put a fresh bandage on it,"

the fire.I sat down on

feeling a

comforting.At least there wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that would

unwrapped the

I can use

Eliza.But we still don’t know what the Cryptex did

bandage aside and gently probed at my hand.His touch was so

crazy, especially since the other night.I couldn’t get enough of him, like a drug

red but the wound was almost

their

cuts the Cryptex had made were jagged,

"Hmm…."

a bad ‘hmm?'"

I’ve never seen

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

eye on them, just in

and pressed his lips to the

my spine and my

gentle, applying the perfect amount of pressure to be

fingers lightly caressed my wrist and forearm, his lips moving

eyes, heat

my fingertips one at a time, starting with my thumb

my lower lip and clenched

lifted his eyes to mine and

and he was clearly

and I just knew

pressed his lips to the inside of my wrist.He tilted his

I said before, it is my turn to bring

was husky and ragged and his blue eyes had turned to molten sapphire,

his bedroll by the

in the direction Abe had wandered

he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

and sat down on the

the fire wrapped around me

was a warm

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

his hands and knees, Jared crawled toward

his lips, eyes roaming over me like

lips to mine and I

around his neck and lay back, pulling him on top

weight covered me, pressing against me in all the right

my neck, pressing his tongue against my skin as he trailed kisses down

lightly on

arched into

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

my shirt, pushing it up my

along my skin, leaving pleasurable

moaned and grabbed my shirt, pulling it over

getting him to touch me and feeling as much of

kissed the centerline of

and worked on the clasp

warm breath tickled

core tightened and my legs trembled in

bra was gone, Jared covered my breasts

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

I stuttered, throwing my arm

my pants, his tongue

swelled and I clenched

lifted my hips slightly,

Jared popped the button on my pants and

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