جميع فصول : الفصل -الفصل 6

Stop, please! Do not throw me outside. I will freeze to death!I begged Lucan, holding tightly to his arm as tears streamed down my face. My entire body was trembling, and I could barely feel my fingers anymore. The cold had already become unbearable, even inside the house, and I knew that stepping outside without proper protection would mean the end of me. I had watched people die in the freezing temperatures, and I had seen what happened to those who stayed outside for too long. I did not want to become one of them.But Lucan seemed determined to get rid of me.He looked down at me with an expression I had never seen on his face before. There was no love in his eyes, no concern, and not even the slightest trace of sympathy. The man standing in front of me was supposed to be my boyfriend, the person I had trusted with my life, yet he looked at me as though I were a stranger who had come to disturb him.You are occupying space here, Lucan said coldly.For a moment, I simply stared at

I arrived at Evergreen Home and Hardware shortly after leaving my house. It was one of the biggest stores in the area, selling almost everything I needed for emergencies, repairs, and household use. I had visited the place several times before, but today was different. I was not here to buy a few things and return home. I needed enough supplies to give myself a fighting chance when the world turned into a frozen nightmare.I parked my car near the entrance, grabbed my shopping list, and hurried inside.The store was already busy. People were walking through the aisles with shopping baskets, some comparing prices while others argued over which products offered the best value. A few workers were arranging items on the shelves, and a woman near the entrance was asking an employee where she could find batteries.Everything looked normal.That was the frightening part.Nobody knew what was coming. Nobody understood that in less than two days, the ordinary lives they were living would becom

By the time evening arrived, Vaelric and I had finally finished preparing the house. I was exhausted, my arms ached from moving supplies around, and my clothes were dusty from all the work we had done, but I could not remember the last time I had felt so relieved.For the first time since waking up in my second life, I could look around my home without feeling that I had forgotten something important. The food had been organized, the bottled water was stored safely, and the medicine and emergency supplies were kept in a place where we could reach them quickly. We had checked the doors and windows, sealed the gaps we could find, and arranged the room we planned to use if the temperature became unbearable. Vaelric had also brought some additional materials from his own place, including tools and supplies that would help us strengthen the house further.We had done everything we reasonably could with the time and resources available to us.I stood in the middle of the living room and lo