Cradled in Kassie's arms, my awareness of the surroundings felt like it was diving into a deep ocean of darkness. One thing I knew for certain was that Kassie was moving — constantly, desperately moving.
'Stay still, damnit!'
Despite knowing that my life depended on her thick... strong legs, I still wished it. But I was too weak to demand anything. Plus, my body felt cold.
'Too cold.'
The dark ocean I was diving into only got darker and deeper. At some point, I saw nothing, heard nothing, felt nothing.
I think in this situation, it would simply be appropriate to say that the great Cade had passed out.
***
A few moments later.
What I first felt was warmth, then pain — crawling like an annoying worm all over my body. I was still. Every other thing was still, too.
My eyes slowly opened. My vision swam with blurry, strange shapes, but eventually, I was able to make out a fire crackling beside me. And a lady sitting in the dim firelight.
Naked.
'Naked?!'
