The Alpha Queen And Her Chosen Mate – Chapter 45
Kelly
I woke up the next morning to the sound of Throin talking to someone in a loud tone. I felt slightly hung over, but not terrible overall. Looking around, I noticed a bottle of water and two pills on my nightstand with a note.
“Eat me. Drink me.”
so after getting dressed, I quickly packed everything up and left my room. Wandering around our massive hotel room, I found all three guys in the tiny kitchen. Thorin looked ready to go, Jonas was casually sipping his coffee, and Emmett looked kinda how I felt, hung over.
g his half-finished coffee. “Everyone sleep okay?”
ed it.
ett nodded, nursing his
me just grab something to eat on the way out. Then all of you can tell me everything you know about our next destination
way to the plane.
wered.
l it take to get there?” I directed my question to Thorin next.
land near path that leads to cave.”
Okay, not too bad.” I mulled over.
” Emmett shook his head. “Accor
ing I had enough warm clothes.
two-day trek up a dangerous path, followed by a rope climb.” Emmett added.
“Shocking,
.
wing that one of my legendary creatures was in fact real, there are hundreds of other species that could also exist.” Jonas sighed
u see it.” I laughed uncomfortably. I didn’t like the idea that we might run into trouble inside a cave thousands of feet beneath the earth’s surface. Just the thought of it
d come in handy in cave.”
tic.” I smiled.
ially since we were about to be underground. Something about that bothered me more than anything else.
much longer than normal, we made it to Uzbekistan. It was late, again, which seemed to be our norm. But even despite it being dark outside, I could see the silhouettes of all the undoubtedly breathtaking ancient structures. It felt like something from a postcard.
ast in American dollars. I was blown away when I saw the outside of th
ts what bed?” Jonas
r end of the room. Give us a better chance to stop you if you start sl
sest to the door, probably still sore about losing Jonas in the rainforest last time he slept walked.
might likely run into someone who might try to rob us, only to then get to the cave which would be freezing cold. We had to pack for all the seasons for this adventure.
– –
least it isn’t so humid,” Jonas said. “At least not rainforest humid anyway.” He sighed
but we still
ssible for us to shift, if only there weren’t people around. We ran into enough traders to know it wasn’t a good idea for us to try.
hoping to relieve some of the tension. It was no surprise that we were all tired and a bit grumpy.
the group so far today.
m…how about I spy?” I
h my little eye…someth
Emmett said.
much blue out here besides the sky.
something, white.” Emmett moved on.
asked.
Emmett shook his
.
ly.”
d immediately in unison.
ontinued along.
e three apparently. I kept my head down as we walked, hoping they wouldn’t notice my red face. Of course, I imagined they knew, from the smug looks on their faces and c
the guys were each in just a lightweight shirt and shorts and I switched to my sports bra and shorts.
oddess its so hot out.” I c
ng tight.” Thorin encouraged.
st was way worse.” Jonas shru
is time tomorrow, we’ll be
camp. I’m so over this heat.”
er, we came to the part of the path that required us to climb a rope. It was so high up, thank goddess I wasn’t afraid of heights. It was also the last part of our journey to get t
top. I know I was a werewolf with supernatural strength and all, but this was a long trip with obnoxiously high temperatures. Hopefully, I’ll sleep well tonight and tomorrow we can find th