Night of Destiny Novel by Vanessa K

“I’ll do it myself,” said Jasper. He couldn’t let her do it, or something in him might snap. That was why he took a cold shower: so he could keep his fire in check. He didn’t want her stoking it again.

“No. I’ll do it,’ Willow protested. There was no way he could reach his back easily. Jasper couldn’t win, so he let her do whatever she wanted. Willow skipped the Q-tip and poured the salve over her hand. She rubbed her hands together to warm the salve up and massaged Jasper’s bruises.

The moment her hand touched his back, Jasper tensed up. All he could think of was her hand against his skin. “Tell me if it hurts. The captain said I have to do this for the salve to work. Hold it in, alright?” said Willow.

There was no need to hold in any pain. Willow’s strength was too minor to cause any pain. It was then Willow realized that Jasper had a big back, and his muscles were really taut. They were hard to the touch and a little bumpy.

Once she was done, Jasper had a film of sweat glistening on his forehead. Willow had just stoked his flame of desire, and it was burning hot. “Done? I’ll get some fresh air.” Jasper stood up and left the room.

for the next day. The team leader summoned her for a meeting to sort out the leads they found so they could locate the artifact’s location. She came to the conference room, and Winston asked her to take the main spot, which

We just went through the leads we found, and there’s a map in this box you collected. They indicate where

said in delight. So that fall was a blessing in disguise. “Yes. We can start our investigation, and through GPS,

was excited. She came all the way with her team to find something, so there was no way she

Winston scanned the map and uploaded it into his computer, then he projected it onto the screen for everyone to see.

came in as well, and the member beside Willow gave up their seat for him. Willow turned around and smiled

goal for this trip after he went through Willow’s notes. He was every bit as knowledgeable as everyone around

went back to his room and took out his laptop. He then logged into a private account of some website and sent the photo of the map to his

must give me a million and a half once we find the artifact, texted the member. ‘Of course. One and a half million is but pocket change for us. Keep us