Page 144 of Eves (Carson Brothers)

Before too long only the brothers were in the lead and they eventually made it to the first assault course where they had to crawl through the mud, under ropes.

Lilly, Tricia, and I walked further down the outskirts of the course, watching as each of them dragged themselves through the mud and under the ropes above their heads.

"Holy shit, Nick literally just face-planted the mud," she laughed and I smirked, watching as each of them got out from under the ropes and Kit brought his hand to Nick's face to make sure the mud was fully spread. He then ran onto the next part of the course and I could see from here that Nick was out for revenge. Each of them were thick in mud from their feet to their necks, apart from Nick who was now wearing a mud face mask.

I could only see his pearly white teeth as he grinned at his brothers, determined for his revenge.

The next part of the course entailed holding onto a rope and swinging across a pit full of more mud. All of them made it across and I carried on walking further with Lilly, watching the five of them as they progressed.

"Jason is like a warrior," Lilly commented and I agreed. They were all fierce and handling the course like bosses but Jason was so strict and trained, it was unreal.

"Hewasin the army," I concluded and she nodded.

"This should be good," she commented, revealing her teeth again.

The next course was a wooden wall that they each had to climb over.

They all climbed it no problem, but as they dropped at the other side Eric got a hold of Jason's head and pushed his face straight into the mud.

We each gasped as all of the brothers looked back at what had just happened, their faces grinning and laughing.

"They really are competitive," Lilly said looking through the binoculars and I nodded, watching Jason scraping the mud from his face.

"That was bloody brutal!" She laughed and I did too, watching Jason chasing after Eric who laughed and eventually fell into the mud.

Once he did, Jason piled on top of him and I gasped again, watching both of them sink into the mud. I could hear them laughing from where I stood and they eventually got up and pushed at each other so they could get in front.

Once they'd caught back up to the others, I saw Kit swinging across another pit and he landed on the other side and threw the rope back for Jax to grab.

By this point they each disappeared into a wooded area, which meant we had to wait for them to return from within and back to the track that lead outwards and past where we were standing. Once I saw them returning from within I smiled and felt my chest expand at just the sight of them pushing at one another and having banter between them. They reached another challenge.

Monkey bars, where they had to swing themselves from one bar to the next. Above a trench of dirty looking water.

Once they'd each passed the last obstacle, they had about half a mile left to just run before the finishing line. They were all racing to get there first and in the process they pushed at each other. Kit and Nick fell on top of each other and then not far in front Jax and Jason tackled each other then both got up to throw mud at each other.

"What do they think this is, a bloodymudball fight?" Lilly said from my right and I shook my head as each of the brothers eventually piled on top of each other, Jason being last and Kit being at the bottom of the pile.

Then a bunch of the other lads jumped on and I saw Kit coming out from underneath. He laughed like he was a little boy back in his childhood and he threw a dollop of mud at Jesse and then ran towards the finishing line. Just as he reached it, Jesse collided with Kit and they both landed with a splat just over the finishing line.

"Holy shit," Lilly laughed again and we watched as they both got up and placed their arms around each others shoulders, before waiting for the others to follow after them.

"Well, that means the battle continues," Tricia said as she made her way towards us.

"They both finished at the same time," she added and I nodded, watching as they all piled on top of each other again and eventually made their way back towards us.

All I could see were sets of bright teeth because everything else was covered in mud, even the tips of their noses.

I wasn't expecting Nick to full on place both of his hands onto Lilly's face and she squealed, grabbing a hold of both of his hands. I stood in total disbelief with my mouth dropped open.

Oh, he was dead…

She glared at his grinning face and plotted her revenge as I sensed Kit and the others moving towards us.

"Don't you come near me,” I warned, holding up my hand and he smirked at me, looking absolutely perfect even with his whole face and body covered in what could only be described asshit.

"You look a little brown," I smiled and he nodded, looking at his arms.

"You look a little pale, Sweetheart, you cold?" He held out his arms to offer me a cuddle but I pulled away, careful to not let him touch me.

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