I can't fall in love with the man who rescued me from the clutches of death after we met. I just can't. I've never been the type to depend on anyone if at all possible, let alone a gorgeous guy I'm stuck with in a tiny shed during a snowstorm who keeps reminding me that getting out of this place alive depends on us working together. My survival might be safe in his hands, but it's the rest of me in his hands I can't stop thinking about.

I promised her I wouldn't abandon her. I keep telling myself it's because I can't bear to lose anyone else, stranger or not. It's more than that, though. I feel it every time she looks at me with those hauntingly beautiful eyes. If we ever make it out of here, I'm in deep trouble.