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“Good idea You’re really good at this survivalist stuff”

“It’s my job,” he ree with the blankets and stuff”

“I can help”

He’s so dahtand made my memory of him hotter than he really is But no He’s just hot He’s ridiculously tall, well over six feet, and has dark brown hair, brown eyes, and sun-kissed skin He’s bundled up in cold weather gear but takes off his puffy jacket and loops it around me

“It’ll be cold up there,” he says softly as I push my arms into the coat and soak in his warmth “Bundle up in this for now”

“Thanks” I offer him a smile, and his eyes flick down to my lips before he pulls away and leads ht and the one I found in my pack, to the staircase I can see my breath as we climb, and he opens the first door we come to

There’s a simple queen-sized bed Blankets and a quilt are folded and lying on the simple mattress, covered in plastic

I grab the blankets and pillows, plastic and all, and hurry down to set them in front of the fire, then hurry back up for more

“You take these, and I’ll be right down,” Seth says, passing me ers and toes are damn cold, and I’d like to huddle by the fire to warm up

Once I reach the fireplace, I turn back to the stairs and see Seth co doith a mattress on his broad back

“Holy shit, Seth”

“This will be more comfortable,” he says and drops the mattress about six feet from the fire “Better than a hard floor, anyway”

Before I can say anything, hethe them down

“In case you don’t want to sit on the floor,” he says and then hurries off once

“You uy,” I inform him as I follow him into the kitchen

“Yeah, well, it’s move around or be cold And I don’t like to be cold” He opens cupboards, but they’re all e, lohistle

“Jackpot,” I whisper

Cans of vegetables, tuna, and other staples line the shelves There are even soranola bars, candy bars, and soups

“I guess they haven’t been up yet to take all of this down,” Seth says “Looks like on’t starve”