36 | Without A Backward Glance

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Here is the face claim for Yeonjun Clearwater, a member of the wolf pack.

A/N Here is the face claim for Yeonjun Clearwater, a member of the wolf pack

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"Jerk," I muttered.

Minghyu chuckled, already running through the trees. He kept a steady pace, a brisk jog that a fit human could keep up with . . . across a level plane . . . if they weren't burdened with a hundred-plus pounds as he was.

"You don't have to run. You'll get tired."

"Running doesn't make me tired," he said. His breathing was even — like the fixed tempo of a marathoner. "Besides, it will be colder soon. I hope he gets the camp set up before we get there."

I tapped my finger against the thick padding of his parka. "I thought you didn't get cold now."

"I don't. I brought this for you, just in case you weren't prepared." He looked at my jacket, almost as if he were disappointed that I was. "I don't like the way the weather feels. It's making me edgy. Notice how we haven't seen any animals?"

 Notice how we haven't seen any animals?"

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"Um, not really."

"I guess you wouldn't. Your senses are too dull."

I let that pass. "Jimin was worried about the storm, too."

"It takes a lot to silence the forest this way. You picked a hell of a night for a camping trip."

"It wasn't entirely my idea."

The pathless way he took began to climb more and more steeply, but it didn't slow him down. He leapt easily from rock to rock, not seeming to need his hands at all. His perfect balance reminded me of a mountain goat.

"What's with the addition to your bracelet?" he asked.

I looked down, and realized that the crystal heart was facing up on my wrist.

I shrugged guiltily. "Another graduation present."

He snorted. "A rock. Figures."

A rock? I was suddenly reminded of Jimin's unfinished sentence outside the garage. I stared at the bright white crystal and tried to remember what Jimin had been saying before . . . about diamonds. Could he have been trying to say he's already got one on you? As in, I was already wearing one diamond from Taehyung? No, that was impossible. The heart would have to be five carats or something crazy like that!Taehyung wouldn't —

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