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.

a fresh bandage on it," Jared said as

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

feeling

some kind of poison or magic

carefully unwrapped

down, and I

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

my hand.His touch was so light and tender, sending warm tingles up my arm.I bit the inside of my cheek to keep

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

was still a little red but

their

cuts the Cryptex had

"Hmm…."

a good ‘hmm’ or a bad ‘hmm?'" I asked, my

I’ve never seen anything like

isn’t tight or uncomfortable at all."

to keep an eye on them,

his lips to the scars on

ran down my spine and my toes

perfect amount of pressure to be comforting

forearm, his

heat pooling between

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

I bit my lower lip

his eyes to mine and

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

and I just

tilted

it is my turn to

blue eyes had turned to molten sapphire, penetrating me like

by the

the direction Abe

if he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

giggled and sat down on the

heat of the fire wrapped

a warm

littered with millions of stars, and fireflies

knees, Jared crawled toward

roaming over me like he was getting

to mine and I

looped my arms around his neck and lay back, pulling him

pressing against me

tongue against my skin as

nibbled lightly

into

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

my shirt, pushing it up my

along my skin, leaving pleasurable tingles in their

my shirt, pulling it over

was focused on getting him to touch me

the centerline of my

on the clasp of

warm breath tickled

core tightened and my

gone, Jared covered my breasts with his

n*****s until

my

waistline of my pants, his

clit swelled and I

lifted my hips slightly, searching

on my pants and hooked

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