From Gods by Ting Mary

Author:Ting, Mary [Ting, Mary]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2013-10-06T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 20

Skylar stretched her arms up to yawn and lazily opened her eyes. She jerked back when Mason appeared in her vision, staring at her. “Were you…like…watching me sleep?” she spluttered.

“Don’t flatter yourself. I was just about to wake you up.”

Why did she use such a poor choice of words? She should’ve known Mason would say

something insensitive like that. She was almost sure he was lying…but then again, she didn’t care.

Embarrassed, she crawled out of the tent first. The sun was rising, lighting the world with golden hues, revealing a splendid view. She had never seen a sunrise before. Then again, she’d never woken up early enough to see one. Just the sight of it warmed her. Though there wasn’t much of the land to look at, besides the trees and the mountains, somehow the glowing sun gave beauty to it.

Skylar looked to the distance, saw Kayla ready to go, and waved her hand. Kayla shook her head to reply, but Skylar was more interested in looking at Kayla’s mangled hair. Though she couldn’t tell from the distance, she wondered how Kayla looked from not washing her makeup off. Without changing clothes or refreshing her makeup, she wondered how she looked, too. As these thoughts circulated through her mind, she turned to see Mason packing.

Skylar was staring, but she couldn’t help it. The sunlight kissed the tip of his hair, radiating his body as he stood, and creating the illusion he was heaven sent. His muscles flexed when he stretched and yawned, showing a glimpse of his sexy abs.

Afterward, he folded the tent to a precise size to fit into his backpack, and the way he tossed it around his shoulders, sliding his arms through it, made her lose herself into him.

“I know Mason is attractive, but don’t make it so obvious,” Amanda whispered, then she continued to follow Everett’s steps.

Skylar blushed. Was it that obvious? After thinking, she knew it was. Darn! Why does he have that effect on me?

After a short distance, they came upon a long bridge. Swaying slightly from side to side, it looked steady enough. Made from wood, each narrow plank was tied to the next with rope-like material. There was even a safety grip on each side, looking like a fisherman’s net. It didn’t look too bad from where Skylar stood, but when she approached, her courage faltered.

“Leave your bags here,” Amanda ordered. “You won’t need them where we’re headed, but don’t forget to take your flashlight.”

After the backpacks were dropped, they stood closer to the bridge.

“I’m not crossing that bridge,” Kayla said, shaking her head.

“It’ll be fine, Kayla. I’ve crossed it before,” Nick said, but his tone was not convincing.

“Uhhh…is there another way, Everett?” Amanda looked terrified.

“Does it look like there’s another way across to the other side?” Everett huffed. “You’ll be fine. We crossed it before. I didn’t want to come here in the first place.”

“Who told you to come?” Amanda fired back.

Everett eyed Skylar. “We need answers.” Then he nudged Amanda out of the way.

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