Duskfire Glacier You couldn't kill me if you tried for one hundred years

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she couldn't find Currituck. she couldn't find anyone.

Tahani pushed through the wall of white, screaming their names until her voice ran ragged and her throat was on fire. the snow battered her face--even used to ice as she was, it was brutal. but she couldn't give up. she had to find her baby, her sisters, her brother---

gods, where were they??

in the commotion, she was pushed away from the glacier entirely, ending up far off course. when the storm settled, she was in a forest she did not recognize and everything hurt, inside and out.

she curled into a tight, alabaster ball, breaking into exhausted sobs.