Jade pov
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"Where next?"
Her face flushed red with exertion. The constant twists and turns, the hiking that took us here and there. Was she not used to it yet?
I let myself lean against a nearby tree. "Where next?" I repeated. But Celeste just stood there, her eyes set onto the sky, her face flushed, and a small twinkle in her eye that spoke of something more.
What was it? What…?
I repeated my question once more. And finally she broke from her trance and looked at me. "Sorry…" She mumbled. "This way."
What had gotten into her. She was… more demure than before. The fire had burned brightly only to land on… on… this. I glared and flared my hand against the tree, pushed myself off and took the map straight from her hands.
"Just follow. You're obviously distracted so just…" I pinched my brows. "Just follow."
She nodded, still distracted by whatever her eyes followed.
Hah-
