I ducked my head and slipped into the cave. The entrance was ridiculously narrow—so tight that every inch I moved forward felt like squeezing through stone itself. My shoulders scraped against the jagged rock, and for a moment, I thought I wouldn't fit. But after some struggling, twisting, and forcing my body through that tiny slit, I finally managed to get inside.
The moment I stepped in, I could feel the biting cold that had been clinging to my skin outside suddenly faded, melting away like frost under sunlight. The air inside was still chilly, but nowhere near the kind that could gnaw into your bones. It was strange, almost unnatural, but I didn't care. I needed the warmth. The cave's stale, heavy air felt like a damn blessing compared to the world of ice outside.
