18 Floors Above the Apocalypse

Chapter 69

Not only did Stella have an electric blanket, but even her dog, Cooper, had his own. She picked a small one for him, placed it on a recliner, and plugged it into a power bank. Then, she turned on two electric heaters and the room warmed up quickly. Smoky and Snowy, her rabbit, felt the warmth and crawled out of the foam box. It scampered onto the recliner to compete for a spot with Cooper.

At this critical moment, Cooper showed his alpha dog status and allowed Smoky and Snowy to huddle against his body and keep warm.

Stella checked the foam box and found that two rabbits had died. They were probably scared to death. The others seemed a bit lethargic, but the newly born bunny was blissfully unaware. Smoky and Snowy was probably roughed up by Cooper and had grown particularly bold. With its rabbit fur to keep it warm, it seemed unafraid and was not bothered about its little ones. Stella took the bunnies and placed it on Cooper's belly, then she chastised them both, "You two have to take responsibility for your offspring."

Cooper growled. 'Did you hear that? You have to take good care of them. You can't just abandon them!'

Regardless of his grumbles, Cooper didn't push the little ones away and dutifully cared for them.

As for the remaining adult rabbits, Stella took them to the bathroom, dispatched them with a stun baton, and tossed them into Arcadia. She planned to cook them when she had time. Feeding them was an issue, but the main problem was the smell.

Back in the room, Stella was staring at the glowing charcoal fire and seemed lost in thought. What was Jasper's intention?

He had nearly broken down her door, gave up his mink coat, and also provided a charcoal heater. His face was usually indifferent, and he didn't even flinch in the face of death, but his face was full of anxiety when he was knocking on her door. Could it be... he was afraid she would freeze to death and there would be no one to teach Rosie?

Late at night, sleepy and confused, she didn't feel like thinking. Sleep was the most important thing, and other issues could wait until tomorrow.

Stella took off her coat, crawled into her warm bed, and quickly fell asleep. In her previous life, she almost froze to death, wrapping herself in all the clothes she had. This time, her bed was as warm as spring, and she felt truly content.

The cold weather made her sleepy, and even at ten o'clock, she didn't want to get up.

The radio crackled to life. "Stella, are you awake?"

Stella reached out for it. "Hmm, I just woke up." Her voice was lazy, with a hint of nasal tone.

Jasper asked, "Do you have a cold?"

I'm still in bed." Stella yawned.

up, making breakfast for Rosie.

"No, I'm not hungry yet.

the bed and

no..." The radio

"What happened?"

is making a mess." Stella quickly picked

"Okay, keep warm."

the radio, wanting to scold Cooper, but he was prancing around on

his mouth. "Why

cute.

everything covered in snow and ice, and with people freezing to death, she couldn't imagine how he had survived. His skin was frozen off, covered in sores. Stella didn't want to remember that image, and

was wrong with the human? He pawed at Stella, consoling her. 'I'm fine, and you'll be fine

out of bed around eleven and went into the

temperature change might have made her sick. There were

the rabbits stay in her room all the time was

one of the baby rabbits had unfortunately died. She cleared out another room, set up another recliner with an electric

biting the wires, no peeing or pooping on the electric blanket, or

understood, pinning down Smoky and growling as if to say, "Got

aired out the room, then lit the charcoal stove in the living room. Holding a hot rubber water bottle, Stella

experiencing it again, Stella was still filled with fear. Fortunately, the temperature didn't continue to drop, giving people a chance to catch their breath. But -19°C was still

them with two new ones to prevent them from breaking down from overuse. With the heaters

Stella took out a stewed beef and radish dish, served it with veggies and rice and added freeze-dried canned food to the dog food. Sitting close to

confirmed that Stella was still alive, she hurried back to snuggle

"Cooper, do

then finally got up after a