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.

of safety, beyond which darkness seemed to be lurking,

while, Curtis felt a poke in his lower

pretty as it was vexed, her hand silently extending a hiking pole

couldn’t help but

her cheeks flushed with a mix of irritation

for

Leanne is so sensitive and bears a grudge. If I laugh even

smile was still playing at the corners of his eyes as he took the collapsible hiking pole from her, shortened it, and held

aluminum shaft eased the

way, and without a word between them, they continued up the

Devin had just dropped Suzan off. The descent was long, and

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daylight broke, they could easily find a vehicle

who had never carried a women, gently set Suzan down,

“You’re heading back

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

of the

after him, “Devin, why did you lie to

looked puzzled,

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

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