Somebody grabbed her hand and tried to dig her out. Hes alive! The man from that expedition is alive! She burst with happy tears.
Leah, how are you? Youre alive! I arrived in time!
He took her out, put an oxygen mask on her face, but it wasnt that climber. It was a very familiar voice, no white beard, thin face and those black eyes.
Tien?! Leah looked at him in a state of a shock.
Ill explain everything later. Leah, stand up, we have no time. Its just a small part of the snow came down from the lower ridge of the mountain.
Nearly carrying the girl on his back, Tien reached the camp. Suddenly she lost all her strength. She had a half clouded consciousness. Leah did not hear Tiens voice. He poured something tough into her mouth, and she had to swallow it. Then Tien started rubbing her hands with the same liquid. A strong wind almost carried the climbers tent away. Her eyes were closing. The girl was almost asleep.
Tien began to unbutton her jacket. He pulled her sweater and pants and all the other clothes away. Then he put her in a sleeping bag and undressed himself. Leah watched him with half-closed eyes, rigid from cold, unable to say a word. He lay down near her, hugged her from behind and pulled her to his hot body. His breathing was regular as the clock and hot as the flames of the fireplace in her home. Leah closed her eyes feeling a huge relief after experiencing fear and embarrassment. She consoled herself with the thought that she wont spend a long time in Tiens arms. Soon shell wake up at home, in her comfortable warm bed. She also was frightened with the thought that it wasnt the first time that she wakes up in another period with unfamiliar people and in extremely dangerous places.
She woke up from the sounds of a strong wind and swaying tent fabric. She opened her eyes and saw the same black eyes. Tien was openly gazing at her naked shoulders. Leah pulled her hand out of the sleeping bag and swung to heat the bold Asian lying near her. But Tien caught her hand and took it away back to the sleeping bag. He stood up and began to dress. Leah wrapped in a sleeping bag with her head.