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Chapter 17
Eliza's POV
Once we divided to go to sleep we went back to our tents after making sure that the fire was out.
"Goodnight Ange," I said hugging her.
"Goodnight love." She said
"Night Miria."
"Night Liza."
"Gnight Peggy," I say kissing her head.
"Goodnight Eliza." She says as I crawl into my sleeping bag on the ground. There is an air mattress, but Angelica and I forced Peggy and Miria to sleep on it, because there the littlest. Peggy had replied that she wasn't a baby, but I simply said in return that I just wanted her to have a good sleep because her anxiety sometimes keeps her up.
As I'm trying to fall asleep, the air just keeps getting colder and colder. I snuggle further into my sleeping bags and wish I brought more blankets. I start to shiver, so I curl up into a ball. Right as I'm about to fall asleep I hear a long low howl. Oh my gosh there is a wolf and it's gonna eat us. I mentally shriek. Okay maybe it's gone and I can go to Alex's tent.
I don't know why I have this thought, I don't know what he can do about it. But it somehow gives me comfort knowing that he's just outside my tent. So, I pick up my pillow and sleeping bag and quietly unzip the tent, so I don't wake up my sisters and Miria.
I walk over to the boys tent and sneak in. All of them are sound asleep, so I walk over to Alex's blue sleeping bag.
"Alexander, hey wake up." I say lightly thing him.
"Mhmm," he murmurs with his eyes closed. Once he opens them he sits up on his arms really fast. "Betsey what's up are you okay?"
"I'm fine I just was a little scared my the wolfs outside, and I thought you would be able to calm be down sort of." I say blushing and looking at my hands.
"Eliza," he says. "You can stay in here if you want."
I look up at this, "really thank you." He gets up and lays my sleeping bag next to his. I crawl in and he kisses me goodnight and gets back in his bag. We lay there for awhile and he grabs my hand to hold it.
"Love your so cold," he says. I had been shaking again, because it is still vary cold.
"A bit I guess," I reply.
"Come here," he moves back in his sleeping bag and seconds me to him. HIs sleeping bag is bigger than mine and warmer. I crawl in with him and he puts his arms around my waist and hugs me to him. I put me head on his shoulder and I fell so much warmer. We just lay there in the peace and quiet of this now still night.
"Eliza,?"
"Yes?"
"I love you," he says.
"I love you too," I reply and with that I finally fall into a sleep.
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