Duskfire Glacier after midnight

faust had told her to stay somewhere. he had said he would kill for her. neither were things sulukinak was accustomed to—she did not trust the earth the way these southerners did, and had never once utilized a sleeping place; likewise, she could not trust the chieftain's promise as anything but intoxication. above all, it was proof her mother's magic had done its work.
sulukinak now scoured the frozen expanse; she did not know what she looked for, only that she needed to move. the fire ignited by blackfell, fed by faust, now consumed her in entirety. the part that was still cognizant of her surroundings told sulukinak, go, run, be away from this place and it was these two warring parts of her physiology that left her distracted.
the moon was full. if she was in the everdark, her mother would have found something to bleed in to the sea; but there was no sea here, no dark goddess to appease. only herself.
except even there, she was oblivious—another body trailed upon the ice, hidden by earth and sky.