THE NEXT DAY passed quickly, and Teth found himself perched on the edge of his bed, unable to sleep. The cabin's overhead light hummed quietly. The old bedframe creaked slightly under Teth's weight. He shuddered as the air conditioning kicked in, passing cool air over the nape of his neck.

Is Eve still awake? Teth wondered. No, I shouldn't bother her.

He looked around his cabin once again, seeing nothing he hadn't passed his eyes over a thousand times already. The cold, ...