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 at

at her with an indecipherable

you mean?” She was confused

“Why did 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 you to blackmail Shane

pebbles next to her feet, she replied, “I do hate you. After all, you tried to kill

a saint, but I'm not going to leave someone

she thought she could

stupidest woman I've ever met,”

save her enemy. She's also the kindest

see the point in getting angry.

to know how

jumped off

could have survived that fall under normal

our

what actually happened. During the fall, she had fainted from her fear of heights and only regained consciousness moments

and leaned against 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

eyes before he recounted the incident. “We were lucky that a tree growing on the cliff broke our fall before we crashed

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