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.

hand and put a fresh bandage on it," Jared

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

feeling

is comforting.At least there wasn’t some kind

unwrapped

I can use it

don’t know what the Cryptex did

gently probed at my hand.His touch was so light

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

red but the wound was

had fallen out on their own once

had made were jagged, white

"Hmm…."

a good ‘hmm’ or a bad

I’ve never

fine.I mean, it isn’t tight or uncomfortable at

eye on them, just in

my hand and pressed his lips to the scars on my

my spine and

and gentle, applying the perfect

his lips moving

closed my eyes, heat pooling

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

lower

lifted his eyes to

he was

to toe, and

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

I said before, it is my turn to

and his blue eyes had turned to molten sapphire, penetrating me like

the fire

in the direction Abe

if he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

giggled and sat down on the

the fire wrapped around me like

a warm

sky was littered with millions of stars, and

hands and knees,

over me like he was getting ready to devour

to mine and

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

pressing against me

tongue against my skin as

nibbled lightly on

arched into his touch,

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

hands slid under my shirt,

skin,

moaned and grabbed my shirt, pulling it over my

getting him to touch me and feeling as much of

kissed the centerline of my

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

warm breath

and my

my bra was gone, Jared covered my breasts with

massaged them gently, pinching my n*****s until they tightened into firm

I stuttered, throwing my arm

of my pants, his tongue

and I clenched and

lifted my hips slightly, searching for more

my pants and hooked

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