Chapter Five
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The cold pierced his lungs and spread throughout his body. Pud awoke, shivering despite the insulation in the sleeping bag.
His eyes lit on the form lying huddled beneath a thin blanket a couple of feet away. She was lying on her side, facing him, and from the way she was curled near the lantern, he could tell she was trying to absorb some of its heat. Trying, but not too successfully. The night had turned bitterly cold, and he heard the sound of rain falling outside the tent.
Billie made a soft noise. A murmur of distress. The sub-freezing temperature was penetrating, and her body quivered as her muscles tried to keep her body from subjecting to hypothermia.
"Billie."
At first he thought she hadn"t heard him, but her head moved slightly. She probably wasn"t ge
