Hugo
"Let me talk to her."
"I d-don't want her to be f-frightened again." Hunter said, even his internal voice chattered.
"It will be a good distraction for her. She is nearly frozen and is moving slower and slower. We need to get to that cave."
"Tell me something I d-don't know." Hunter griped. "F-fine. I'll tell her."
"D-dahlia?"
"W-w-what?" She answered, her ice-covered lashes darting over to me. That was the only part of her that I could see. Everything else covered her from head to toe.
"Hugo w-wants to talk to you."
"N-n-now?"
"He is insistent," Hunter nodded.
"O-o-ok-kay." She dipped her chin.
Hunter relinquished control, letting me come forward.
"Hello, Flower." I purred.
Dahlia let out an exhausted, raspy chuckle that ended with her coughing. "I'll never get
