"Can't you 'see' she's dying from coldbite?" he snapped, glaring up at Kaida. "Look at her fingers! They're turning 'blue'! Her skin is freezing!"
Kaida's gaze dropped to Bella's hands.
Her expression shifted—realization dawning as she saw the discoloration, the way Bella's entire body was shaking uncontrollably. The way her lips had gone from pink to pale to blue.
'Coldbite. Shit. How did I not notice—'
"What—but I—how—" Kaida stammered, clearly thrown off balance.
Viktor adjusted his grip on Bella, pulling her closer to his chest. The small cat-kin girl whimpered softly, her trembling intensifying as the warmth of his body began to seep into her frozen limbs. "The temperature in this cave isn't good. And we're all 'soaked'. Bella's a cat-kin, so she's way more sensitive to cold than we are. But if we don't get warm soon, we'll be next."
He looked up at Kaida, his expression dead serious.
