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.

fresh bandage

led me closer to the fire.I sat down on a folding camping

feeling

is comforting.At least there wasn’t some kind of poison or magic that would prevent you from

unwrapped

down, and I can use it without feeling

we still don’t know what the

glanced up at 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

crazy, especially since the other night.I couldn’t get enough of him, like

palm was still a little red but the wound was

stitches had fallen out on their own once it had

Cryptex had

"Hmm…."

or a bad ‘hmm?'" I

I’ve never seen anything

tight

to keep an eye on

lifted my hand and pressed his lips to the scars on

ran down my spine and my

were warm and gentle, applying the perfect amount of pressure to be

caressed my wrist and forearm, his lips moving to the tips of

heat pooling between my

fingertips one at a time, starting

bit my lower lip and

eyes to mine and he

and he was clearly enjoying my torture.I narrowed my eyes

toe, and I just knew I was

his lips to the inside of my wrist.He tilted his eyes

before, it is my

voice was husky and ragged and his blue eyes had turned to molten sapphire, penetrating me

bedroll by the fire

glanced in the direction Abe had wandered

if he

Jared bounced his eyebrows.

"Maybe he’ll learn something."

and sat down on

heat of the fire wrapped

a

littered with millions of stars, and

and knees, Jared crawled toward

roaming over me like he was getting

lips to mine and

his neck and lay back, pulling him

against me in all

tongue against my skin as he trailed kisses down

nibbled lightly on my

arched into

"Feeling impatient?" he teased.

"Mhmm…."

slid under my shirt,

my skin, leaving pleasurable

moaned and grabbed my shirt, pulling

getting him to touch me and feeling

the centerline

worked on the clasp of my bra as

breath tickled

core tightened and my

Jared covered

n*****s until

stuttered, throwing my

the waistline of my pants, his tongue

I clenched

slightly, searching

the button on my pants and hooked his fingers in

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