Sean pursed his lips at her sneeze. “I have a lighter in my pocket. You can use it to light some firewood for warmth.”

Natalie’s eyes brightened at his words. “You have a lighter? Why didn’t you collect some wood and build a fire sooner then?”

“I can’t walk,” Sean muttered as his gaze landed on his crooked leg.

Her eyes widened as he followed his gaze. “Your leg-”

“It is broken,” Sean interrupted and finished her sentence. His nonchalance made it seem like they were talking about dinner instead of discussing his broken limb.

Natalie’s voice shook as she commented, “No wonder you said you can’t walk.”

“Oh, both my arms are dislocated as well,” Sean added.

Natalie took a deep breath and looked at him in pity. “Damn, that’s really unlucky of you.”

She had merely suffered minor scratches and cuts from the fall.

The state of his injuries were shocking.

 

lightly, Sean said, “Yes. I was

not know what had possessed him to place himself beneath Natalie as the branch snapped. She was relatively unscathed because he had used his own body to

 

never have done that in a million years; yet, he did not

have gone

appeared on

toward him.

right pocket, just above my thigh.” He indicated

of his

and teased, “Why? Are you scared

at him. “Who says I’m

immediately reached her hand into his pocket

propriety. I could care

was out of shape, it

me here,” she said to Sean and left

the recent rainfall. The fresh air in the mountains provided a welcome respite

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