Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 6 - Sex Stories

Across Eternity: Book 5 - Chapter 6

Ensnared

Given a heading by the imprisoned Pack members, Noah, Valia, and Shannon departed from Welindar, heading northeast on horseback, though Shannon preferred to gallop on her own hooves. With the Pack all but vanquished in the city and the poison arrows ready and waiting, now was as good a time as any to go out and search for the kidnapped horse tribe. Heading northeast, they dove back into the wilderness, crossing plains and forests. Their pace was quick, driven by Shannon’s eagerness, and Noah and Valia often had to call out to her when she raced too far ahead.

Autumn had taken hold, and the winds that crossed the plains had lost their sweet warmth. Soon, the branches over their heads would be bare, but they greedily clung to their remaining amber leaves for now. The sun was also quick to set, much to Shannon’s dismay.

“Are you sure we can’t keep going? There is still some light left,” she asked as they made camp.

“It’ll take half a month for us to get there, and no amount of desperation is going to change that timeframe. Besides, you need to rest whenever you can,” Noah reminded her.

They had found a wooded area to camp in, out of the wind and out of sight. Since the nights were getting colder, they brought tents, alchemically crafted out of mylar, which reflected the campfire's heat. They were open-sided to provide a complete view of anything trying to sneak up, and Noah also set up an alarm system he built in Sylphtoria to alert them if anything came ...

... close to their camp. He even had some magic tools to conceal the smoke of their fire and any other scents that might give away their position.

Though Shannon was anxious to keep moving, once she sat down, all of her accumulated fatigue hit her, and as Noah started cooking a wild bird he caught, she became aware of her hunger. Not wanting to remain purely on the receiving end, she prepared soup to go with it, using the techniques of her tribe.

“I had never seen a city before coming to Welindar, and it was truly amazing to see so many buildings and people, but I much prefer it out here, in the wilderness.”

“I definitely know that feeling. As an elf, I feel truly at home among the trees.”

“I spent a lifetime living in a log cabin in a place called Alaska. It was beautiful, rugged country, with mountains carpeted in lush forest, and rivers and lakes winding across the land. The winters were brutal, colder than you can imagine, and there would be a whole month where the sun just wouldn’t rise, but the summers were just spectacular, and the sun would never set. It was a difficult life, but also very tranquil. Every night, if the weather would permit me, I’d sit outside on my porch, looking at the stars.”

“Did you have a wife?” Valia asked.

“No, I was alone, but I had befriended most of the animals in the area. An Alaskan grizzly won’t hesitate to tear open a suit of armor like a burlap sack, but if you know how to handle them and be patient, they’ll roll on their ...