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Chapter 81 : Don't Be Seen

*Eliza*

Traveling from Saboreef to the capital of Erogen took a week.

That was a week of roughing it on lumpy, rocky ground.

No matter where we put the tent, I always ended up with a root or something sharp poking into me.

Jared was there, serving as a comfy pillow that helped with the worst of the discomfort.

Even though we'd had a nice break from crummy camping food while we stayed in Saboreef, I was definitely ready to eat some real, well-cooked meals after that long, long week on the road.

If I could get meals cooked by someone else, professionally, that would be even better.

Fortunately, the weather was nice.

I wasn't completely expecting that, given the massive storm that had nearly flattened the village we were in.

For our entire trip to the capital, the skies were clear.

One morning, while Jared cleaned up the campsite and I made sure the fire was out, I kept glancing at the clouds in the sky.

"Eliza, what are you looking for?" Jared asked.

Sighing, I rubbed my hands on my thighs and kicked around in the ashes.

The fire was definitely out.

"The entire time we were preparing for that sea storm, I kept having this feeling that it was just the beginning, that the storm would bring darkness.But..."

I threw my arms out to the sides and tipped my head back.

Smiling, I spun around in the bright sunlight.

Jared chuckled and looped his arms around me, spinning me ina circle.

"Isn't it a good thing that the storm didn't bring some dark omen?" he asked.

I nodded and rested my head on his shoulder.

The warm sun felt good I on my skin, but it was nothing compared to the warmth from Jared's body as it permeated my tight-fitting hiking clothes.

"I guess.I still feel like I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop...."

"Come on, Eliza.Maybe the storm did bring darkness, but it wasn't until after the storm that we got our first real lead for breaking the curse.Maybe all the light we have now is the hope we were missing before."

I bit my lip and nodded.

"You know, you might be onto something."

We finished cleaning up the camp and set out on the road again.

I felt like we'd been walking for weeks.

At least, when we'd been out in the wilderness, there'd been differing terrain-mountains, hills, rocks, rivers.

But the trek back to the capital was flat and tough.By the time we made it to the main road into the capital, my feet felt swollen.

"Can we rest for a minute?" I asked, plopping down on a rock on the side of the road.

minutes

my leg

the

really great.If you could just do that for a

smirked and dug his knuckles into the ball of my foot.He worked on that foot for

nothing that could relax me as much

melting into

another couple of minutes, he

just half the battle.We still need to secure passage to

up and held his

I took his hand and he pulled me to

the aching and

at my feet and shifted my weight from one foot to the

I feel a lot better,"I

main road.It is far too

a secret entrance?"I

might be surprised by all the things I could tell

me and led me off the main road.We looped around to a side road that wasn't even

It barely looked used.

and when we got to the edge of the capital, I noticed there weren't any guards

a vessel that

do you want me to do?"

radar and don't be spotted."

we meet

we could meet up once he had our travel

I said, hugging Jared's neck

other every second, minus the few brief moments

This was different, though.

was busy and there were

filled with

packed full of

heavy military

army hung around

were clearly there for protection

in place? While waiting for Jared, I snuck to a place where I could

what was going

best way to go about it, but I really didn't want

the coffee shop once the

of sunglasses on and a sun hat tipped over my face, I ordered myself a latte and sat out on the patio, sipping my drink and watching people in

them seemed bothered by the

laughed happily and moved around with each other like it

shadow stirred and my stomach

on my stomach and tried

was getting

was running out? Or was I just getting weaker? Another latte landed on the table across from

and

a sweater on with a hood.He had the hood over

out of the capital on a trading vessel.It should give us cover to travel without suspicion,"

sat down and cupped his latte between

will it take

won't be the most comfortable ride, but it will get us there.There's a lot more

to get in

took another sip from

ideal, but if not, at least we will be

here.I just thought that she had the right to know what

Jared smiled and nodded.