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Chapter 69 : Swallowed By Darkness

*Jared*

I woke before the sun and pulled my arms from around Eliza.

For a moment, I just watched her.Her face was so soft and peaceful as she slept, hair curling around her soft features so perfectly.

It was hard to pull away.I could have laid with her in my arms forever.

But Abe and I had a lot of work to do.

I kissed Eliza’s cheek and brushed my fingers lightly down her face.

She squirmed and turned away from me.I smiled to myself.She was perfect, and she was all mine.

Stretching, I threw some clothes on and nudged Abe’s tent.

"Get up, sleepy.We’ve got a long day ahead of us."

Abe groaned and I heard him shifting around.

While he got ready, I lit a fire and threw together a quick breakfast for us–a few fried eggs, some coffee, and bacon.It was the perfect energy boost we needed.

Abe crawled out of his tent and took the coffee I offered him.

He guzzled it down and then devoured his breakfast.

Afterward, he stood up and stretched, yawning like a fog horn.

"Ready to get to it?"I asked.

Abe smirked.

"That rock pile doesn’t look so bad.I bet we’ll have it cleared by noon."

"Right…."

The first rocks we moved out of the way were small and easy to toss aside.

It was just like brushing pebbles or gravel out of the way.

But it didn’t take long for Abe and me to get to the larger rocks.

One by one, we lifted them and hoisted them out of the way.

By the time Eliza woke up and started on her own breakfast, we’d been working for a few hours, and it barely felt like we’d made a dent.

I let my eyes wander toward Eliza as she moved around the camp.

Her tight pants clung to her hips, hanging low enough that I could see the edge of her underwear.

When she bent over, the hem of her shirt pulled up her back, revealing a lickable amount of her skin.

Unconsciously, I licked my lips.

"Hey, are you working, or am I going to do this whole thing myself!?" Abe snapped.

I shook myself out of my daze and looked at my friend.He was huffing and puffing as he shifted a massive rock.I went to him and helped lift.

"I just needed a little break," I smirked.

"Yeah, I know what you needed."

Abe shook his head.We tossed the large rock aside and each got back to work on some of the smaller, more manageable rocks.

The sun was getting higher in the sky and hotter.

Sweat soaked through the back of my shirt and dripped off my brow.

I pulled my shirt off and used it to wipe the sweat off my face and the back of my neck.

I tossed my shirt on the ground.

Abe did the same, only he tied his shirt around his head like a doo rag.

I shielded my eyes from the sun and looked at the rock pile.

as we’d been working and for as much as we’d moved, it didn’t even seem like we were a quarter of

every day from now until my birthday digging, and we might never

eyes wandered to Eliza

was sitting at the fire, which had burned to coals since it was

was on her lap and her eyes were fixed on

brow scrunched up just a tiny bit, and how her eyes narrowed in an almost

knew she

packed

asked, creasing

thing wide open! I mean, we’re doing all this work and we don’t even know for sure if this is the right way to Eliza’s

her.If she says this is the way, then this

"Hey guys!"

map around.Her feet slipped on the shifting rocks,

come to you,"

shook her head and reached us at the top before I could make a move closer to

is it?" Abe

need water." She handed us each

"Oh, you’re a Goddess!"

guzzled water down, streams flowing over the edge of the canteen, around the corners

drinking the nectar of

I took several more

"Alright, I’m hydrated.

What’s the big deal?"

Eliza the

slipped it over her shoulder and pointed to the

studying the map, and I think I might have overlooked

smiled sheepishly and bit her lower

means we don’t have to dig through these

flopped down on the

but I knew if I sat

city.I can’t promise it will be cleared, but it

What other

throwing

her finger along a few of

"Here."

She tapped the map.

a river that goes into the city.But I didn’t realize it because… it

underground river?" I

at the rough map she’d

cave we went into

pointed out that cave and then the

cave is our

an underground river?" I arched

thing sounded a

something that came up commonly in

again, a mythical city might have a

real life.But I honestly didn’t think much of it because I

"Yes!"

up and threw his fist in

I was the one that pointed it out after

Eliza glanced at me.

I looked over the

worked so hard but made hardly any

time to go look at the cave and it turned out to be a dead

could just come back and get back to

a day wouldn’t mean that much in the grand scheme of things when it came to

cave in hopes of finding something so we

and I can check the cave while you keep working on the pile,"Abe suggested with

time clearing the path." I

"Get your things.Let’s go."

packed up

coming back, it was better

there was anyone following us, it would make it harder for them

Abe hadn’t picked up on anyone last night, but that didn’t mean they

Eliza

I cupped her cheek.She knew me so well it was like

this made me feel like it was true, even if we couldn’t fully sense it until she got

sure about this,

"Do you?" I sighed.