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