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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.

have another thirty minutes of walking." Jared sat down beside

he lifted my leg into his lap and pulled my

started to work into the

great.If you could just do that for

my foot.He worked on that foot

was nothing that could relax me as

giggled and sighed, melting into Jared's massaging

minutes, he put my shoes back

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

up and held his hand out to

took his hand and

all the aching and swelling was

down at my feet and shifted my

a lot better,"I

capital on the main road.It is far too out in the open.We'll

know a

all the things

road.We looped around to

It barely looked used.

edge of the capital, I noticed there weren't any guards on this

a vessel

you want me to do?" I asked, creasing

and don't be spotted." He

we meet

to a small coffee shop where we could meet up once he

said, hugging

around each I other every

This was different, though.

and there were people

filled with

were packed full of

heavy military

royal army hung

clearly there for

King got wind of Aeris' plans? Was he already putting his own defenses in place? While waiting

about what was going on and what!

to go about it, but I

coffee

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

of them seemed bothered by the presence of

each other like it was any

stirred and my

on my stomach and tried to calm

was getting

mean the time of the curse was running out? Or was I just getting weaker? Another latte landed on

started and

sweater on with a hood.He had the hood over

passage out of the capital on a trading vessel.It should give us cover to

cupped his latte

it

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

to get in touch with my

I took another sip from my

be ideal, but if not, at least we will be

my cousin while we were here.I just thought that she had the right to

Jared smiled and nodded.