Sold AS The alpha King's Breeder

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.

should take a look at your hand and put a fresh bandage on it," Jared said as soon as

my wrist loosely and led me closer to the fire.I sat down on

feeling a lot

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

unwrapped the

gone down, and I can use it without

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

me and grinned.He tossed the soiled bandage aside and gently probed at my hand.His touch was so light and tender, sending warm tingles up my arm.I bit

other night.I

palm was still a little red but the wound was almost

had fallen out on their own once

had made were

"Hmm…."

or a bad ‘hmm?'" I asked,

I’ve never

feels fine.I mean, it isn’t tight or

to keep an eye on

and pressed his lips to the

down my spine

the perfect amount of pressure to be comforting and

lightly caressed my wrist and forearm, his

eyes, heat pooling between

fingertips one at a time, starting with my

my lower lip and clenched my

his eyes to mine and

what he was doing to me, and he was clearly enjoying

toe, and I just knew

lips to the inside of my wrist.He tilted his eyes up, looking at

my turn to bring you to your

ragged and his blue eyes had turned to

the fire

glanced in the direction Abe

if he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

and sat down on

wrapped around

a warm

with millions of stars, and

hands and knees, Jared crawled

lips, eyes roaming over me like he was getting

his lips to mine and I

his neck and lay back, pulling him

against me in

neck, pressing his tongue against my

lightly on

into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

shirt,

along my skin,

shirt, pulling it

focused on getting him to touch

the centerline of

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

breath tickled

and my legs trembled

was gone, Jared covered my

pinching my n*****s until they

I stuttered, throwing my arm

waistline of my pants, his tongue

and I clenched and unclenched my

slightly, searching for more

pants and hooked his