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“Otherwise, lie low,” Alden added. “We know where the compounds are, so we’re already ahead of the game.”
“How long will it take us to get there,” Zinnia asked, taking a bite of the meal and groaning.
I knew how she felt. We’d left before breakfast, and had only eaten dried jerky during the day. My stomach was fused to my spine. The simple rice and meat dish Torque had pulled together tasted better than damn near anything I’d eaten. Tomorrow I wouldn’t forget my cache of snacks in my duffel bag. That way I’d have my own food for the ride.
“We’ll get there early tomorrow morning,” Keller replied. “We’d have gotten there tonight, but I’m not willing to travel at night around here.”
“Moving makes you twice as likely to run into insurgents in the dark,” I told her with a wink.
She frowned, but didn’t voice her concerns. We all had them. None of us wanted to end up fighting a battle against Roj’s or The Holy Order’s men out here when we weren’t prepared. We’d rather take them on in a place of our choosing when we had the advantage of a surprise attack.
As soon as Torque was finished cooking, Alden put the fire out. Even with the reduced smoke from the fire logs, a fire at night would be a beacon to anyone in the area. The last thing we wanted was late night guests.
We spoke quietly until we were all ready for bed. “I’ll take the first watch,” Keller said. He gave us all a sharp look. “It’s important we’re quiet out here.” His gaze slid meaningfully to Zinnia, though I don’t think she caught his implication.
We’d all heard her at Brandon’s. Fuck, I’d had to jerk off twice to the sound of her getting pounded by Alden before I could finally fall asleep that night. Despite my aching nuts and the burning desire to fuck her here and now, we couldn’t. Sound traveled at night and she was a bit of a screamer. Something I loved, just not where it could get us killed.
I could try to muffle her screams with my dick down her throat…I shook off the thought. Fun as it would be, some sounds would still get out and it wasn’t worth putting her in danger.
The four of us entered the huge tent that we’d share on the road and we all quietly stripped down to our underwear before lying in the bedrolls. I wrapped an arm around Zinnia and pulled her back against my body. I hadn’t gotten to fuck her yet, but it was my turn to sleep with her. A mixed blessing, given the throbbing boner I had.
“Move,” Alden grumbled as Torque settled down in front of her.
“No can do, big guy. You can have her tomorrow,” he said with a yawn.
Alden let out a growl of irritation, but settled down on the other side of Torque on his back. Zinnia let out a soft sigh and promptly fell asleep, her breathing evening out.
“How the fuck does she do that?” Alden muttered.
I chuckled quietly, enjoying the way she shifted in my arms at the sound. “I don’t know, but it’s impressive.”
“If you two would shut up, you’d fall asleep easier,” Torque mumbled.
No. We wouldn’t. Until Zinnia came along, Torque was the only one who’d dropped off to sleep when his head hit the pillow. The rest of us usually had to toss and turn for a while before we drifted off. It made for shitty nights when we had to keep watch because you’d finally doze off just to be woken for your shift.
Whether it was Zinnia in my arms, or exhaustion from days of traveling, I fell asleep relatively quickly. It felt like I’d only gotten a few minutes when Keller was shaking me awake.
“You’re up.”
“Thanks,” I grumbled, sitting up to pull on my clothes and boots. Keller stripped his own off and took my spot.
Torque woke up, but before he could pull Zinnia to his chest, Keller tugged her back against him. We were all trying to use her as our own personal body pillow.
Seeing Keller settle in against her in the moonlight made me grin and think about what Torque had said. About his money being on Z to bring Keller around. In that moment I had a feeling he was right. Keller probably still wouldn’t give in easily, it wasn’t in his nature, but I had a feeling he’d cave eventually.
I stepped out into the night air and stretched. My eyes were already acclimated to the dark, so I picked up my rifle and sat on a bolder that was set a few feet back from camp. I had a few hours before I’d be waking Alden up, so I settled in to wait.
CHAPTER18
Zinnia
Iwoke up the next morning, and stretched. The arm around my waist tightened and I glanced back at Rush, only to freeze. Keller was the one I was pressed back against and I could feel his hard dick against my ass.
I looked forward and saw I was sandwiched between him and Alden. Rush was on the other side of the tent, snoring lightly. They’d shifted around as they stood watch all night.
The thought of the two men pressed against my body started a wildfire in my system, but it quickly cooled as I realized they hadn’t woken me up for a turn standing watch.
Squirming around until I was facing Keller, I poked him in the chest, hard. One angry eye popped open and when he saw it was me waking him they both opened and focused on me.
