Love Unspoken

Quinn looked away and scooped up the last of the wild veggies from the pot, munching quietly.Copyright Nôv/el/Dra/ma.Org.

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.

Alexander grabbed the pot and doused the fire, plunging them into darkness.

Quinn huddled close to Alexander, eyeing the sky warily.

Luckily, the sound stayed distant, not getting any closer. After about ten minutes, it faded away.

They waited another ten minutes, making sure the drone was gone before Quinn let out a long breath.

"Finally gone," she said.

Alexander stayed quiet.

She fumbled around, grabbing branches to get the fire going again. Without it, she felt like something might crawl on her any second. Quinn got busy, and soon the fire was back.

She snuggled up to Alexander again and asked, "Alright, you wanna sleep for a while?"

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

Quinn hadn't slept a wink last night, and she was on edge all day. It wasn't until Alexander mentioned it that she felt any tiredness. But after he spoke, her eyelids got heavy.

Alexander pulled her into his arms, saying softly, "Sleep tight. I'll keep watch and make sure nothing happens."

Quinn hesitated, not wanting to sleep in his arms, but she was too scared to lie on the ground, worried about snakes dropping from the trees. After a bit of hesitation, she gave up, leaned into his arms, and closed her eyes.

She was really tired and soon fell into a deep sleep.

Alexander looked down at her and brushed the hair from her face.

Actually, the drone hadn't left but had stopped on a tree.

Their images were being sent through the drone's camera to a laptop.

"Are they getting along now?" Matthew asked.

Sean frowned, shaking his head. "How would I know? Mr. Kennedy hasn't given us any signal. We better not do anything stupid."

Matthew said, "I'm just worried he plans to stay in the forest forever."

Sean paused, looking at Matthew in surprise. "Now that you mention it, it's not impossible."

"What do we do then?" Matthew asked.

Sean looked back at the yard. They were at an old base of Alistair's, which was also a village with only five or six houses, the rest being their people. Those few houses were all old folks and posed no threat, but they couldn't stay here forever.

Apart from them, there were also people sent by the Dixon family, about thirty in total, all hanging out here for now.

"Just wait. What else can we do? Unless you wanna go in and find him?" Sean said.

Matthew shrank back. "Forget it then."

As they were talking, a car horn suddenly blared outside. They grabbed their guns and walked out cautiously.

Their people wouldn't be honking outside in the middle of the night, so it had to be outsiders.