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.

the pot and doused the

huddled close to Alexander, eyeing

stayed distant, not getting any closer.

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

"Finally gone," she said.

Alexander stayed quiet.

around, grabbing branches to get the fire going again. Without it, she felt like something might crawl on her any

snuggled up to Alexander again and asked, "Alright,

shook his head. "You sleep. You didn't sleep at all last night,

edge all day. It wasn't until Alexander mentioned it that she felt any tiredness. But after he spoke, her eyelids

his arms, saying softly, "Sleep tight.

lie on the ground, worried about snakes dropping from the trees. After a bit of hesitation,

was really tired and soon

down at her and brushed the hair from her

but had stopped on

through the drone's

along now?"

frowned, shaking his head. "How would I know? Mr. Kennedy hasn't given us any signal.