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 it," Jared said as soon as

fire.I sat down on a folding camping chair and Jared knelt down in front

is feeling a

healing fast, which is comforting.At least there wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that would prevent

carefully unwrapped the

and I can use it without feeling

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

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 the

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

little red

their own once it had healed

had made were jagged, white

"Hmm…."

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

never seen anything like

tight or uncomfortable at all."

an eye on them, just in

and pressed his lips to

my

warm and gentle, applying the perfect amount of

caressed my wrist and forearm, his lips moving to

closed my eyes, heat pooling between

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

my lower lip

eyes to mine and

he was doing to me, and he was

head to toe, and I

inside of my wrist.He tilted

is my

ragged and his blue eyes had turned to molten sapphire,

the fire and

glanced in the direction Abe had

he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

giggled and sat

the fire wrapped around

a warm

millions of stars, and fireflies

knees, Jared

licked his lips, eyes roaming over me like he

to mine and I moaned into his

my arms around his neck and lay

covered me, pressing against me

neck, pressing his tongue against my skin as he trailed kisses

lightly on

arched into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

shirt,

fingers dragged along my skin, leaving pleasurable tingles in

and grabbed my shirt,

him to touch

lips kissed the centerline of

hand slid around my back and worked on the clasp of my bra as he kissed just

warm breath

and my legs trembled

my bra was gone, Jared covered my

massaged them gently, pinching my n*****s until they

my arm over

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

swelled and I clenched and unclenched my

slightly,

the button on my pants and hooked his fingers in my

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