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

down on a folding camping chair and Jared

is feeling a

there wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that would

carefully unwrapped

and I can use it without feeling

Eliza.But we still don’t know

at me and grinned.He tossed the soiled bandage aside and gently probed at my hand.His touch was so light and

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

palm was still a little red but the wound was

stitches had fallen out on their own once it

cuts the Cryptex had made were

"Hmm…."

a bad ‘hmm?'" I

never seen

isn’t tight or uncomfortable at all."

an eye

my hand and pressed his lips to the scars on my

my spine and my

the perfect amount of pressure to be comforting

wrist and forearm, his lips moving

my eyes, heat pooling between my

my fingertips one at a time, starting with my thumb

I bit my lower lip and clenched

his eyes to mine and

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

to toe, and I just

of my wrist.He tilted his eyes

is my turn

and his blue eyes had turned to molten sapphire, penetrating

the fire and motioned me

in the direction Abe had

if he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

and sat down on

of the fire wrapped around

was a warm

stars, and fireflies continued

hands and knees, Jared crawled

lips, eyes roaming over me like he

pressed his lips to mine and I moaned

my arms around his neck and lay back, pulling him on top of

against me in all the right

tongue against my skin

lightly on

arched into his

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

hands slid under my shirt, pushing it up

along my skin, leaving pleasurable tingles in

moaned and grabbed my shirt, pulling

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

kissed the

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

breath tickled

my

Jared covered my breasts with his

pinching my n*****s until they tightened into firm

stuttered, throwing my arm

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

and I clenched and unclenched my

hips slightly,

on my pants and hooked his

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