Darya painfully opened her eyes and frowned at the sight of a cave roof. Fresh air entered freely and she pulled up to her chin a suit jacket in pitiful condition. Rempert’s. As if bitten by a mosquito, she straightened a little too sharply and winced in pain. Her companion, busy fuelling a fire near the entrance, came closer with a dazzling smile on his lips. He kissed her with infinite sweetness and then stroked her forehead before heaving a deep sigh of relief.
“I thought I lost you in that collapse, mio amore.”
His words slammed in his mind and Iadviga’s face appeared, rustic and wonderfully beautiful at the same time. He walked away, just to get a complete view of her body, which began to dance to drum music. She whirled around, invited him to join her, and Rempert felt drawn like a
