When Lane awoke on the second morning he got dressed, rebuilt the fire, and put coffee on.
Anna was still asleep and the cave felt a little cool so he took one of the blankets he had had and covered her with it. Then he grabbed up his rifle and noticed that it had been cleaned and was ready to go.
He pulled back the bolt action and checked the load. Yes, he thought, it"s loaded, I would have never figured it but this young lady has come a long way in a hurry. Before this is over she"ll probably be able to survive by herself out here. I"d have never believed it a month ago. She learns fast he thought, and smiled.
Pouring himself a cup of coffee, he sat back down and sipped the hot liquid trying to think of what had to be done to survive this ordeal but his mind kept drifting back to t
