But the moment passed and was followed by an urge, a need, a passionate yearning to share the warmth with the one person left for him to love.
Aching from the effort, he forced the memory of warmth into the thin, shivering body in his arms.
Gabriel stirred. For a moment they both were bathed in warmth and renewed strength as they stood hugging each other in the blinding snow.
Jonas began to walk up the hill. The memory was agonizingly brief.
He had trudged no more than a few yards through the night when it was gone and they were cold again.
But his mind was alert now. Warming himself ever so briefly had shaken away the lethargy and resignation and restored his will to survive.
He began to walk faster on feet that he could no longer feel.
But the hill was treacherously steep; he was impeded by the snow and his own lack of strength.
He didn’t make it very far before he stumbled and fell forward.
On his knees, unable to rise, Jonas tried a second time. His consciousness grasped at a wisp of another warm memory,
and tried desperately to hold it there, to enlarge it, and pass it into Gabriel.
His spirits and strength lifted with the momentary warmth and he stood.
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