It had begun to snow heavily.
Killing the little visibility that remained before the sun set. I should be heading back to the log hut. Weatherman on radio had warned that the snow storm will last the week. The truck roared to life as I pressed ignition and I drove up the hill. It was difficult to see the road in the developing blizzard. I drove slow and easy.
It is then that I caught a sight of her.
A crumpled crimson patch in a pile of snow. She was crouching on the side. I saw her raise her hand feebly and drop it back. I thought to my self - injured in a car crash perhaps? I pulled over and jumped out of the truck and walked to her crumpled form.
Her face was pale, her lips turning blue and her teeth chattering. I bent and scooped her up. While I carried her to the truck I noticed her legs were bare although her feet had socks on. The crimson turtleneck sweater she was wearing fell to middle of her thighs. Looked like she had been exposed to extreme cold wearing barely anything.
I threw her in the front, climbed in from the other side and turned the heat to maximum. Her arms crossed tight on her chest she huddled, and lowered her face to her knees. She had wavy brown hair. Her full lips were shaking. Her clothes were wet. She was succumbing to hypothermia. I rubbed her back and legs for a couple of minutes and tried to talk to her. Her chattering teeth made her incomprehensible.
It was a 10 minute drive to the log hut. I held her against me trying to infuse some warmth into her freezing body. Her legs were scraped at the knees. There was no time to think about how she ended up in this state. I didn't want this girl dying in my truck. She needed some heat and quick.
I carried her inside and put her down on the rug while I got the fire going. I ran to the bedroom to get some blankets. She lay prone her body racked with shivering spasms as she whimpered. I sat her up and removed her wet sweater and socks. She was completely naked underneath. Her breasts were full and her puckered nipples had turned into rock hard pebbles and were jutting out. She lay there on her side with her hands between her thighs.
There were bruises on her breasts and a dark stain on her inner thighs close to her brown pubic hair. It looked like a smear of dried blood. I quickly took off my fleece lined jacket and covered her torso. I threw the blanket on her body. Curled into a fetal position, she clutched at the covers for warmth.
I slipped out of my clothes and got inside the blankets beside her. I held her against my warm skin, spooning her ice cold spasm-racked body. Her soft round butt jerked against my crotch. I rubbed her frozen shoulders and back from behind. I tried to warm her face resting my cheek on hers. Her body was supple and fleshy to touch. She continued to shiver. Without realizing it, I started to coo some hushing comforting sounds. I enveloped her coldness with my warm body. The fire warmed the room. I looked at her face in the firelight. She was at least half my age. Couldn't have been older than 20-22 years.
Her eyes were closed and her parted lips were breathing in slow and shallow.
I shook her and asked her name. Her eyes fluttered very briefly but she did not speak. I shook her again and she opened her eyes. We were spooning stark naked. Her face was towards the fireplace. Her eyes drooped again. Her body was still ice cold. Blankets and fire was not really working. I had to do something.
Leaving her there, I got up to fill a tub with hot water pulling on a fleece robe on the way. While the hot water ran from the tap, I went back to rub her feet and hands and shook her hard to keep her awake. The bath was ready within minutes. I pushed aside the blanket and jacket from her, picked her up and carried her to the bath, gently lowering her nakedness into the hot water. Her eyes flew open in panic for a moment as I immersed her. Closing her eyes again, she welcomed the warmth around her.
I could not take my eyes away from her body. She was slender but curvy. Her body had a fleshy feel, supple and giving under my touch. Side of her right breast had a purple red bruise, perhaps from being mauled. Her scraped knees had dried blood on them. On impulse I reached out and rubbed off the dirt and blood from her knees. She lay with her head rested back and eyes shut. I let my hand linger on her knees and slowly slipped them down to her thighs caressing her smooth skin. Her skin was beautiful - the color of golden honey. I slipped my hand between her knees to part her legs. I used my fingers to rub off the blood stain near her pubes and let my hand feel the sides of her hips - kneading it and feeling the curves.
She seemed to have passed out. Her breathing was still shallow but after the hot soak for 15 minutes, color had returned to her face and lips. Out of danger I supposed.