   it was just starting to pick up but already snow blinded her, the surroundings covered by a flurry of white and cold, unforgiving wind whipping at her clothes. she was grateful for the jacket aoife had given her in their bargain, it was the only reason she wasn’t a frozen corpse by then. she was pretty sure she took another step, but she’d lost feeling to her toes.Â
   was she near a camp? was she near her own tent? how far had she wandered before this storm hit?Â
    another step.
   blinking ice from her vision, she tried to see beyond the white, blinding and infuriatingly unhelpful, but within the next moment her view changed. the ground beneath her feet split wide open, dark waters spraying up to soak her layers. she had time to scream to paw at the ground as she fell forward, the bottom of her plunged into icy waters. “ help! help! ” a final scream and then she slid further into the water.
