Love Unspoken

Chapter 1199

Quinn looked away and scooped up the last of the wild veggies from the pot, munching quietly.

Her vibe had totally changed, but only 'cause it was just the two of them out here. The forest was huge, like cut off from the world, making her ditch all her old habits. No outside noise, no one judging; whatever they did, no one would know.

But once they left, who knew what would happen.

Alexander looked away too and grabbed some wild veggies, chewing on them.

In the quiet, Quinn suddenly heard a buzzing and looked up instinctively.

It was far off, not like bees or mosquitoes, more like a drone.

"What's that noise?" Quinn asked, all excited.

Alexander glanced at the sky. It was super dark, and he couldn't see a thing.

He shrugged. "Maybe it's a drone from Landon."

Quinn freaked out, remembering the meds Alistair gave her, and got all anxious. "Quick, put out the fire. If they see us, we're screwed!" "Okay," Quinn said with a nod.

doused the fire, plunging them

to Alexander, eyeing the

sound stayed distant, not getting any closer. After about ten minutes, it

waited another ten minutes, making sure the drone was gone before Quinn let out a

"Finally gone," she said.

Alexander stayed quiet.

it, she felt like something might crawl on her any

to Alexander again and asked, "Alright, you wanna sleep for

his head. "You sleep. You didn't

on edge all day. It wasn't until Alexander mentioned it that she felt

his arms, saying softly, "Sleep tight. I'll keep

arms, but she was too scared to lie on the ground, worried about snakes dropping from the trees. After a bit of hesitation,

really tired and soon fell into a

her and

but had

were being sent through the

along

would I know? Mr. Kennedy hasn't given us any signal.