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.

at your hand and put a fresh bandage on

closer to the fire.I sat down on a folding

feeling a

kind

carefully unwrapped the

gone down, and I

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

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

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

little red but the wound was almost entirely

had fallen out on their own once it had

had made were jagged,

"Hmm…."

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

scars… I’ve never

tight or uncomfortable at all." I

an eye on them, just

lifted my hand and pressed his lips to the scars on my

ran down my

were warm and gentle, applying the perfect amount of pressure

my wrist and forearm, his

my eyes, heat pooling between

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

my lower

eyes to

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

toe, and I just knew I was beet

tilted his eyes up, looking at

before, it is my turn to bring you to

blue eyes had turned to

unrolled his bedroll by the fire and

in the direction Abe had

he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

and sat down on

fire wrapped around me

was a

was littered with millions of stars, and fireflies continued to glow around

hands and knees, Jared

roaming over me like he was getting ready to devour me

pressed his lips to mine and I moaned into

his neck and lay back, pulling him

covered me, pressing against me in all the right

tongue against my

lightly on

arched into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

my shirt,

skin, leaving pleasurable tingles in

my shirt, pulling it over my

on getting him to touch me and feeling as much of his

the centerline of my

clasp of my bra as he kissed just above my belly

breath tickled my

and my legs trembled in

was gone, Jared

pinching my n*****s

stuttered, throwing my arm over

waistline of my

clit swelled and I clenched and unclenched

slightly, searching for more

Jared popped the button on my pants

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