My arm sore, carrying the pack added extra weight to my exhausted body but we needed to bring what we had. They would be useful to try to signal for help or to maybe scare away another predator like the bear. She was still out cold, so I carried her closer to the fire to keep her warm. She cuddled up close to me, wiggling her butt until she was right up against me. “Oh my god, Max. We must have got turned around in our flight because we were no longer on the unplowed road, we had wandered near a cave entrance, above the ground. My wife started to become distant, and I barely recognized my son, he grew so much between work breaks. Her hands and the cloth cleaned over my hairy chest and neck before heading down to my stomach.
