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 it," Jared

led me closer to the fire.I sat down on a folding camping chair and Jared knelt down in front of

feeling

wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that

carefully unwrapped the

swelling has gone down, and I can use it without feeling

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

other night.I couldn’t get enough of him, like

still a little red but the wound

stitches had fallen out on their own once it had healed

the Cryptex had made were jagged,

"Hmm…."

‘hmm’ or a bad ‘hmm?'" I asked,

I’ve never seen anything

it isn’t tight or uncomfortable at all."

need to keep an eye on them,

and pressed his lips

down my spine and my

warm and gentle, applying the perfect amount of pressure

my wrist and forearm, his lips moving to the

my eyes, heat pooling

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

my lower lip and clenched

eyes to mine and he

was doing to me, and he was

from head to toe, and I just knew I

inside of my wrist.He tilted his eyes up,

it is my turn to

was husky and ragged and his blue eyes had turned

unrolled his bedroll by the fire

glanced in the direction Abe had

he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

and sat down on the

heat of the fire wrapped around me like a

a

was littered with millions of stars, and fireflies continued to

hands and knees, Jared

licked his lips, eyes roaming over me like he was getting ready to devour

mine

looped my arms around his neck and lay back, pulling

me, pressing against me

my

nibbled lightly on my

into his

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

shirt, pushing it

dragged along my skin, leaving pleasurable

moaned and grabbed my shirt, pulling it over

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

kissed the centerline of

clasp of my

warm breath

and my legs

bra was gone, Jared covered my breasts

my n*****s

throwing my

kissed along the waistline of my pants,

swelled and I clenched and unclenched

slightly,

my pants and hooked his fingers

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