I entered the small, makeshift tent with my teeth already clattering, the fabric of the night dissolving into a furious downpour behind us. Darius stepped in right after me, sealing the flap against the sheets of gray rain.
Even inside the shelter of branches and woven leaves, I was shivering violently, my limbs mimicking the frantic, rustled shaking of the canopy above.
The icy wind that inevitably storm slapped mercilessly through the cracks of our shelter, forcing me to wrap my arms tightly around my torso. I squeezed my eyes shut, completely helpless against the tremors racking my frame.
"You still cannot bear the cold ?" Darius asked as he watched me keenly from the shadowed corner of the tent.
I opened my eyes and nodded, my jaw aching from the sheer effort of trying to keep sti
