JESSICA’S POVI got up and held the furs in my arms as I stared at the clothes. They were a pair of heavy, black leather trousers, a sort of tunic of coarse, grey wool, and a heavy cloak of hooded matted fur.Turn round, I said, experiencing an actual burning of the flesh.Ryder laughed, and leant back with a smile against the wall of stone. We have been huddling eight hours, Jess. There are not so many secrets left.Kai, in his voice sharp, said, "Ryder.'The three turned their backs to the cave entrance, and made a wall of muscle between me and the cave entrance. I hurried, my fingers pressing the buttons of the flannel shirt of Kai. I undressed, and the cold air hardened my nipples and my flesh erupted in goosebumps. I dragged the leather trousers up--they were so snug around the hips and thighs that they were a second skin. The tunic itself was warm, although it was scratchy wool.I lastly threw on the heavy cloak. It was like cedar old and something, like oil, sharp."I'm ready
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