It was eight, and Skylar was making her way toward the location mentioned earlier while cussing.

The trees, the shrubs, and the darkness all looked the same to her. With her poor sense of direction, she reckoned she might not be able to get out if she lost herself inside.

She would be damned if some bear had decided to show up halfway and pick her up for its supper.

So in Tobias’s honor, the girl mentally exhausted every colorful expression in her library of expletives.

Then, she received a call.

He told her that he would take her, and they would wait outside King Hotel together for her classmates.

 

After that, she went on to quietly rescind what she said about him.

In the thick of night, the music that blared in the distance from where the bonfire party was held reached her ears.

 

This merriment and revelry had no place for her.

She pulled the lapels of Tobias’ coat closer as she trudged through the dark towards the rendezvous point.

one hand on his hip and another on a lighted

wrist impatiently, he finally

“Are you sure we aren’t doing anything highly embarrassing? We are in the middle

to you, just say so. It’s a bit chilly out here, but I’m

averted her gaze

to provide him with any more

stumbled a few times on the unlit path. And more than a few times her eyes darted to the left and to the right to check if there were any hungry beasts

you have night

like me don’t

around and held her hand. There was a spot

lifted to reveal a jade pendant encrusted in gold. She lifted her eyes to him and

encountering the supernatural. Hang on

shuddered to think that he even knew

this seemingly omniscient

exquisite workmanship and the clarity of

pay for her mother’s treatment and then take her far

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