There was no time to plan much less think straight.
It wasn't just Lithe's life that hung in the balance but this little girl who clung so tightly to his neck that he had to protect.
Until he could reunite the little girl and her box of kittens with her distraught mom.
Lithe made his way through the cold water wading past floating items as he fought against the current to get upstairs.
Somehow he managed to keep them all at least head above the water ast the made their way towards the attic.
Surprisingly only the attic was still semi dry but how long this would last with the rapidly rising waters was a nagging source of distress.
Lithe set the girl and the box of kittens down on the same bed where he and Zen had made love earlier, the heat of their bodies long gone.
Due to the freezing waters below, the temperature of the room had dropped significantly and everyone was shivering in the cold air.
