Chapter 168

Leanne was beyond annoyed, but there seemed to be no way out.

Curtis, having achieved his goal, said, “Let’s go.”

Leanne glanced at the path ahead. Dawn was breaking, casting a ghostly blue hue over

the forest.

Initially, hiking with the group, her focus on the climb had kept her fears at bay. But Curtis’ ghost story had spooked her, and now the trail looked downright eerie.

She didn’t budge. “You go

no first.”

Curtis’ lips curled up slightly, teasing, “Do you want me to hold your hand?”

Leanne cut him off decisively, “No need.”

Curtis took the lead, with Leanne following closely behind.

The silence around them was striking, the sound of their boots crunching on the soil and twigs underfoot.

a limited circle of safety, beyond which darkness seemed to be lurking, ready to

while, Curtis felt a poke in his lower back.

as it was vexed, her hand silently extending a hiking pole toward him.

but chuckle

lips were pursed tight, her cheeks flushed with a mix of irritation and embarrassment, “What’s so

his fault for telling that

a

of his eyes as he took the collapsible hiking pole from her,

aluminum shaft eased the tension on Leanne’s

the way, and without a word between them, they continued up the dimly lit mountain path,

The descent was long, and carrying her back to

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easily find

carried a women, gently set Suzan

surprised, “You’re heading back up?”

shoulders and back, “I move fast. If I head up

end of the

called after him, “Devin, why did you

what she was referring to, looked puzzled, “When did I lie to you?”

trying to determine if he was pretending not to know, “I asked you where Curtis was, and you said he went ahead.

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