Shivering, Natalie opened her eyes and sat up. She immediately sneezed.

“Are you awake?” A man’s weak voice called out.

Natalie paused in the middle of rubbing her arms for heat. She looked toward the direction of the voice.

Sean was staring at her from where he was sitting at the entrance of the cave.

“When did you come to?” Natalie asked.

Turning his head to look out the cave, he replied, “I’m not sure. It should be around the time the sun rose.”

“Oh,” was her only response, as Natalie curled herself into a ball to converse heat.

It was difficult to generate any warmth owing to her drenched clothes. Thus, she continued to shiver from the cold.

At this rate, I’m going to come down with a fever. We have to find some way to get out of this mountain. If we don’t get help soon, we’re going to die here.

She was jolted from her thoughts by a question from Sean. “Did you bring me here?”

 

gaze, Natalie nodded

her with an indecipherable gaze.

 

do you mean?” She was confused

you save me? I kidnapped you and forced you to jump off a cliff with me. You should be treating me like your sworn enemy. How could you be so stupid as to save me? Aren’t you worried that I’ll use

the wall of the cave. Looking at the pebbles next to her feet, she replied, “I do hate you. After all, you tried to kill me. I’m lucky to be alive. When I saw you lying unconscious on the ground, my conscience would not just let me leave

saint, but I’m not going to leave someone to

and she thought she could

the stupidest woman I’ve ever met,” he

She’s also the

did not feel insulted by his words. I don’t see the point in getting angry.

I forget, Mr. Sean, I’d like to know how we survived in the first

cliff they had jumped off of was

have survived that

our

out what actually happened. During the fall, she had fainted from her fear of heights and

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