Tethers in the Dark

*Kravos POV*

Inside my private quarters, I frantically set Valerie down on the edge of the large, unmade mattress. Her entirely soaked clothes cling tightly to her shivering, freezing body, dripping murky lake water onto the pristine floorboards. I do not hesitate for a single second. I quickly strip off my own soaked jacket, tossing it carelessly aside before rushing into the adjoining bathroom.