Are we out of the woods?

Chapter Ten

Sorry for the long wait! I went on a trip and then I had family visiting.

Initially, I thought of doing a longer chapter, but I really didn't want to make you wait more, hope you like it!  

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Karlie held Taylor's hand as she led the girl through the camp.

Is was dark and the small piles of snow and ice cracked under their feet as they made their way around the small wooden houses. Inside of the cabins, families were reuniting after a long day, getting ready to slip in their bed nearby the fireplace.

Taylor felt the flames shine on her face through the windows of the huts, getting a glimpse of the warmness and happiness hiding on the other side of the walls. For a moment she could almost forget that she was risking to never have any of that.

"Where are we going?" she asked, her blue eyes shining under the hood of her grey fur coat.

She wanted for Karlie to talk to her, to let her know what she was feeling, but apart from the flames dancing in her eyes and her warm smiles the alpha's mind was locked to her.

"You'll see." replied the woman glancing at the girl a step behind her.

The alpha's heart was racing in her chest. Taylor looked beautiful, she always did, but maybe the fear of losing her was making her notice it even more.

All she could lose, right there in front of her eyes.

Karlie bit her lip, the omega looked so small in her oversize coat. Her hands half hidden in the too long sleeves. Taylor's nose had turned red from the cold, and so did her cheeks, making her look even younger than she already was. Her baby-blue eyes shined underneath her golden bangs, traces of tears still hanging in her gaze as she looked up at her.

My omega.

Her heart just screamed for her to bring their lips together, but if she wanted to take Taylor where she had planned to, they wouldn't have time for that.

The two kept walking, their hands tied together as the alpha ran her thumb over her lover's hand.

Slowly the camp was turning silent, the voices coming from the huts quietly fading, as everyone gradually fell in their sleep.

By the time Karlie and Taylor reached the river bank the only sound was the one on their feet against the pebbles underneath.

Taylor looked around trying to understand where Karlie was bringing her. The huts and the camp were now behind them, a swam of torches glowing in the dark as summer fireflies. In front of them instead, there was nothing but the river and its splashing waves

The water was freezing, Taylor didn't have to touch it to know it. Blocks of ice floated over it, breaking in the strong flow leading east.

"Do you know that is not the good season for a dive, right?" chuckled Taylor as the lights of the torch around them danced of her face. All the shore was lighted up by them, flames slowly burning in the icy air of the night, grey smoke coming from them and then floating up in the starry sky.

"I know," replied Karlie a small smile on her lips as she followed the river bank towards the east, her hand still squeezing Taylor's smaller one.

The omega tilted her head, following the other girl as they walked towards the fishermen cabin.

In the sky, the dark clouds responsible for the snow under their feet were starting to fade, pushed away by the wind coming from the west. It didn't take long for the night to clear up, as a full pale moon started shining on them, lighting up their path.