Duskfire Glacier But she'll bring out the best and the worst you can be

in his dreams was shardik.

it was nothing new. the bear had plagued his mind, waking and sleeping, ever since taking his tail. but these dreams were harder to swallow now with the absence of family and friends. the climax of the nightmare had been creeping to a violent end when —

"hey."

his toes flexed.

"hey hey, time to wake up,"

the bear in his mind was replaced with something else. smaller, softer. a voice that urged him to wake, to see the world beyond the bear again.

when he woke, it was with a bewildered look. leelee still at his side, even as snow had softly mounted around them. he had been shielded by her body from most of it and the harshest of winds.

huh? where?