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

the fire.I sat down on a folding camping chair and Jared

is feeling a

there wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that

unwrapped the

down, and I can use it

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

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

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

red but the wound

stitches had fallen out on their

the Cryptex had made were jagged,

"Hmm…."

that a good ‘hmm’ or a bad ‘hmm?'"

I’ve never

fine.I mean, it isn’t tight

eye on

my hand and pressed his lips to the

ran down my spine and

gentle, applying the perfect amount of pressure to be comforting

his lips moving to the tips of my

eyes, heat

Jared kissed my fingertips one at a time,

my lower lip

eyes to

and he was clearly enjoying

skin flushed from head to toe, and

the inside of my wrist.He tilted his eyes up, looking at me from

I said before, it is my turn to bring you to your

husky and ragged and his blue eyes had turned

his bedroll by the fire and motioned me

direction Abe had

he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

sat

heat of the fire wrapped

a

sky was littered with millions of stars,

and knees,

eyes roaming over me like he was

pressed his lips to mine and I moaned

around his neck and lay back, pulling him on

me, pressing against me in

my skin

nibbled lightly on

arched into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

my shirt, pushing it up

dragged along my skin, leaving

grabbed my shirt,

thought in my head was focused on getting him to touch me and feeling as much of his skin

kissed the centerline of

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

breath tickled

my

my bra was gone, Jared covered

my n*****s until they tightened

my arm over my

waistline of my pants, his tongue sliding across my

and I

hips slightly, searching for more

button on my pants

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