He crouched down in the snow and ran his fingers over the edge of a footprint.

After Merlin caught Adeline, Zero followed him out of the Storm Stronghold, and chased the red grand duke deep into the Tulash Mountains's cave, all the way to here. He picked up the snow at the edge of the footprints and sniffed it, and immediately the faint smell of it seeped into Zero's nose. Zero sniffed the air again. There were at least dozens of different smells in the ...