side the cave ripped
r back. She looked down. Dax's heavy, muscular arm was still locked tightly around her wai
from under his crushing grip. She moved like a ghost, t
o her lower back and stretched. In
eginner Su
reached out and selected a small vial of Basic Cellular Heal
The fever was burning him alive. He had saved her life last night, even if he didn't know it. He had
the vial, letting the blue liquid drip onto his tongue. Almost instantly, the deep lines of pain
w growl echoe
healing process had consumed massive amounts of calories
aked body. She picked up a sharp, jagged tree branch from the cave floor. Gr
bit-mutant's natural instincts, she dropped to her knees. She began digging f
nally, her fingers brushed against something hard. She pulled out three shriveled
up to keep
ing sound drifted from
She held her breath and peered thr
tting carcass of a beast. Its fur was patchy, e
angled nose twitched. It caught the scent of f
w eyes locked directly onto Cora's hiding spot. It
She scrambled to her feet, clutching her pockets, and ran. The rabb
her calves. Sharp claws swiped at her ankles, tearing the fabric of
w herself sideways, sliding hard on the ice, and wedged her body int
s too wide to fit. It roared in fury, thrashing and clawi
nds. She aimed straight for the gap. When the fox shoved its hideous f
pierced the fo
k. Blood sprayed across the snow as it
the fissure, slipping and sliding on the ice, and sp
r. She gasped for air, her lungs burning. Her clothes were soaked in
ed back into the giant white fox. His breathing was
r heat. Cora crawled across the floor. She lifted the massive, heavy flap of his white belly fur and shoved
out a long, shuddering sigh. She curled into a tight ball, clutching
aint light of dawn
hite fox's
the lingering fog of his injuries. Instantly, his senses flared. There was
brain. A foolish, suicidal prey animal had
He pinned the sleeping Cora to the stone floor. His razor-sharp claws pierced th
ht and a sharp, stinging pain i
ral, ice-blue, slit pupils. Pure, unadulte
something incredibly sweet. A low, rumbling growl vibrated in his chest. He opened his mas
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