Ava slept like a baby through the night in Zorat’s tent.

And come morning, she happily took off with her stealth skill to go get her affairs in order for the adventurous day they have ahead of them.

Zorat also had a few things planned for the day, so alongside Ava, he too began preparations for their journey ahead, which simply involved him packing up his tent early.

Soon, everyone was up and ready to go.

There was no path for the carriage to follow in the forest of no return, like there was in the Algove forest, so Sylvara had to ride a horse from here on out.

She got on a white horse that was prepared for her beforehand, flanked on both sides by grandmaster knights, at the back with a bunch of master realm knights, and at the front, as usual, the heroes took the lead, clearing the way.

As they advanced, the strength of the beasts they were now facing had doubled, and they needed to take more rests and even more healing from time to time. But they were all leveling up faster, so it was good.

With Urasmus’s expertise, they were easily evading Zones with really powerful beasts, like the territory lords, and the heroes only fought safe battles of rotational three to four teams, as they always did. While one team fights, the other rests and heals.

Urasmus, as usual, regaled whatever resting team with tales of his adventures, and maybe he could already feel Zorat’s distaste for talkeractives, so he tried as much as possible not to involve him in his tales.

There was one other person who was almost as talkative and was chirping away into Zorat’s ears on the journey, but this person, unlike Urasmus, couldn’t take a hint, and Zorat just had to bear it all. That was Broddy.

Erica, Broddy, Ava, and, strangely, Lily were all riding alongside Zorat as they rotated shifts in battle. Ariana and Andrew were a little way to the front, while Roberto, Julia, and Jacob were in the middle.

Lilly was acting out of character.... Especially when it came to the way she interacted with Zorat. Almost like she was going out of her way to be friendly.... And this surprised not just Zorat but the others as well..... Since Lily wasn’t really hiding her distaste for Zorat to begin with.

But while the rest soon shoved it up to her coming around, Zoratas had an eye on the little vixen.

"Hey... you okay?...

"Why do you keep looking back at Caleb and Ava?"

In front of the group, Andrew turns to Ariana and asks with a look of concern on his face.

"No... It’s nothing, Andrew.... I just...."

"I was just thinking of something, is all." Ariana said, smiling reassuringly, and Andrew nodded, riding along.

Ariana was battling with her thoughts at the moment.

She couldn’t sleep a wink the previous night; her mind was filled with the sexual sounds of one of her best friends, Ava, screaming Caleb’s name.

She sounded like she was having the best experience there was in existence.

Ariana grew up in a very religious home, and right from her younger years, she was impressed upon the importance of maintaining her chastity and living a moral life of duties and responsibilities until she meets her destined partner.

So, that’s exactly what she did. She lived a life so stuck in her ways that the term ’pleasure’ had become a foreign concept to her.

Hearing her friend Ava, who was usually so quiet and reserved, cry out with such passion last night, Ariana was curious... no, she was more than curious.....

Ariana wants to know what that felt like....

She wants to feel exactly how her friend felt last night....those raw, soulful wails of passion that kept her up, and rang through her mind to the early morning, and were still ringing through.

"You go ahead, Andrew... I’ll be right back." Ariana said to Andrew, who simply nodded, and she backed up her horse a bit to fall in line with Ava’s.

"Hey, Ava.... care for a chat?" she said, smiling at Ava, who nodded, smiling back as their horses separated from the group.

Gossip among girlfriends cares not for time and place.

"Last night.... I heard you guys." Ariana said in a low voice, watching Ava’s expression, and she could see her instantly wear a look of shock as her cheeks burned crimson.

Ava said nothing in agreement or disagreement; she kept silent and avoided Ariana’s gaze with her cheeks burning hotter.

"You don’t have to look so defensive.... I was just curious, is all.... How does it really feel?....."

"I mean.... How does it feel.....doing it?"

Ava looked at her friend, and could tell she was really craving for this gossip, and if she was being honest with herself.... She, too, was eager to share her happiness with her friend.

"It was.... The best thing... I’ve ever experienced." Ava muttered shyly, stealing quick glances at Zorat ahead.

Ariana followed her friend’s gaze as she too smiled, despite the unconscious jealousy bubbling within.

"Wasn’t it scary?" she asked after some quiet.

"I mean.... It was at first, but... only for a short time...and then...." Ava replied, blushing.

"I see...So....how big is it?"

"...up to this size?" Ariana asked as she made a gesture with her fingers to denote the size of Caleb’s cock, but Ava simply shook her.

"Then....this size?" she widened her fingers.

"No."

"Uh?.... What about... this size?" Ariana brought both her palms close together, but Ava still shook her head.

"The fuck?.....then....like this?" She widened the gap even more.

"No...bigger."

"What the hell? .....you mean it’s as big as this?" Ariana blurted in extreme shock, as she adjusted her hands to make a bigger gesture.

There was one thing their entire friend group knew about Ava, it was the fact that she never lies. So, if she says it is bigger.... Then it’s definitely bigger.

"No...still bigger than that." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺

"Okay, I give up.... Why don’t you show me yourself!"

Ariana wasn’t exactly sure what size Ava would show with her hands, but as she watched the young lady bring up her hands and show it to her..... Ariana’s face lost all color, and only a single word came out of her mouth.....

"Monster!"