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 soon as we were

down on a folding camping chair and Jared knelt

is feeling a lot

healing fast, which is comforting.At least there wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that would

carefully unwrapped

I can use it without

don’t

was so light and tender, sending warm tingles up my

me going crazy, especially since the other night.I couldn’t get enough of him,

still a little red

on their own once it had

cuts the Cryptex had made were jagged, white

"Hmm…."

or a

I’ve never seen anything like

it isn’t tight or uncomfortable

to keep an eye on

my hand and pressed his lips to

my

gentle, applying the perfect

and forearm, his lips moving to the tips of my

closed my eyes, heat

one at a time, starting with

I bit my lower lip and clenched

lifted his eyes to mine and

me, and he was clearly enjoying

to toe, and I just knew

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

I said before, it is my

voice was husky and ragged and his blue eyes

by the fire and motioned me

the direction

if he comes

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

sat down on

fire wrapped

a

of stars, and fireflies

his hands and knees, Jared

his lips, eyes roaming over me like he was

his lips to mine and I

neck and lay

weight covered me, pressing against me in all the right

my skin as he trailed kisses

lightly on my

into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

under my shirt, pushing it up

my skin, leaving pleasurable

shirt, pulling

focused on getting him to touch me and feeling

lips kissed the centerline of my

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

warm breath

my legs

gone, Jared covered my

n*****s until

throwing my arm

along the waistline of my pants, his tongue

I clenched and unclenched my

slightly, searching

on my pants and hooked his

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