Chapter 71: Nyra’s POV

For the first time in days, I wasn’t cold.

It was strange, sitting here with Kade, Roe, and Axel again, surrounded by warmth and safety that didn’t feel entirely real.

Elder Mirna whose name I learned from Roe poured tea into our cups and topped off the other’s cups while wearing a smile that could melt frost.

“Well then.” she said, settling into her chair with the ease of someone who’d lived a hundred winters and didn’t fear a single one of them. ...