"Jas..." Alyssa looked at Jasper with an unfocused gaze.

Her breaths were shallow, and she was slipping in and out of consciousness.

Mentally, she was confused.

"Yes, it's me—Jasper!" Jasper's heart clenched as he saw the color drain from her face.

Her body trembled uncontrollably, fragile as a leaf caught in the wind.

She resembled the kitten he had saved as a child—frozen and alone in the alley that bitter winter night.

A deep sorrow flooded his chest.

"Jas... per..." Alyssa murmured his name, her voice strained, her tongue numb from the cold.

A faint, mocking smile tugged at the corners of her lips, and tears streamed down her cheeks.

"It seems...

like I am about...

to freeze to death...

How could he be here...

He will not come back...

He doesn't want me anymore..." Alyssa's vision blurred as her eyelids grew heavy.

to lean, her body sagging

Stay awake!" Jasper's heart was pierced, the pain unbearable as he saw

to push through the agony, opening his arms to cradle

at me!" For someone in a state of hypothermia,

terror as he

up if she

it were closing in, swallowing any hope

her eyes still wet with tears, gazed at

a fire

skipped a beat, racing

by

eyes, once full of light, had become darker than the night, colder than

was him—Jasper—the last person she wanted to

laugh

bloodshot eyes fluttered closed, and with what little strength remained, she pushed him

"You are Jasper...

but...

anymore..." Jasper's brow

cold had clouded her mind that she was

word sliced through him, deep

the soaked fabric clinging to

"Don't touch me...

tou—" Alyssa's

to resist

and wrapped it around her

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