Chapter 213: Cover Her Up

A few hours had passed, and Xenia was starting to feel feverish as the heat began to get to her. She had no idea what was happening anymore, the only thing being that she was in front of her very sexy mate, who was also starting to suffer from the extreme heat.

"This is… not good…" Darius whispered out. "We're… losing fluids really quickly…"

Xenia wanted to speak, but she couldn't. She felt so weak. And while she almost wanted to leave the shack and finally taste the sweet relief of the early winter cold, she could barely even move her neck up from her hunched down position.

"You… You okay there?"

She took in a few scalding breaths, her lungs burning from the combination of heat and sulfur wreaking havoc on her body. Weakly, she managed to utter, "Still… fine…"

"Don't… be afraid to quit…" Darius reminded her, his own breaths becoming more labored with each word. "I can… overrule Osman… if need be…"