The Apocalypse Survival Manual (Three Days Before Doomsday, I Stockpiled Billions) novel Chapter 930

Chapter 930

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Chapter 930

Cola kept Ivory company, often coaxing her into playing beside the stove.

Within a few days, she learned her name. Whenever Nicole called her to eat, she came right over.

After so long without enough food, Ivory seemed determined to make up for it. She ate enormous portions and clearly preferred raw meat.

She also guarded every bite. Sometimes, even Cola got a warning growl and a flash of teeth if he came too close, so Nicole kept her distance.

The blizzard lasted five days before it finally began to ease.

Stuck indoors with the lights on all day and little to do at night but sleep, they started losing track of time.

Nicole bundled up and opened the door for some fresh air. Cola and Ivory shot past her and raced into

the snow.

When Cola nudged Ivory’s belly with his head, Nicole called after him. “Easy! She’s pregnant. Watch where you’re putting that head.”

Ivory, however, seemed to have no intention of taking it easy. Life in the wild never gave her much

reason to.

Cola tried to act above it all, but a few playful lunges from her were enough to draw him in. Soon, they were chasing each other through the drifts and tumbling in the snow.

Nicole could only watch. She wondered if Ivory had lost her mother too young to learn much from her. The wolf certainly didn’t seem to think pregnancy called for any caution.

Zeph knew a little more about animals. “She’s probably only just reached adulthood.”

Nicole looked at Cola. Apparently, he found himself a much younger girlfriend. After all those years of ignoring other dogs, he turned out to have quite a way with the ladies.

Over the past few days, Nicole, Zeph, and Poppy all grew fond of Ivory. They were beginning to think she could learn to live comfortably with them.

With Ivory nearby, Cola stopped disappearing on his own. Most of his attention went into keeping her entertained.

She gave him a kind of companionship his human family couldn’t, and the difference showed.

Nicole sat on the snowy hill and watched him bound through the drifts, relieved to see him so happy.

Eventually, Ivory stopped playing and gazed into the distance. Every so often, she turned her head, searching the empty landscape.

She seemed caught between the open wilderness and the home she was getting used to.

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Cola whined and nudged her head with his nose.

Nicole tensed. “Does she wanna leave?”

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“Maybe,” Zeph said. “She’s lived out here her whole life. It makes sense that she’d want to go back.”

Ivory was still a wild animal. Without the blizzard, she might never have followed Cola into their home.

Nicole started to speak, then fell silent, unsure what to say.

But when night came, Ivory returned with them.

Ivory was still painfully thin, especially for a wolf carrying pups. Nicole worried that without enough food, she could lose the litter or the pups could be born unhealthy.

She made sure Ivory got plenty of chicken and pork, though the wolf clearly preferred her meat raw.

Taking her cues from Cola, Ivory kept trying to make friends with Nicole. One day, she cautiously rolled over and offered her belly.

Nicole slowly reached out, still a little wary. A moment later, she was rubbing a wolf’s soft belly, her fingers buried in warm fur.