MIA’S POV.

The university called it a Winter Literary Retreat. It was supposed to be five days in the mountains of Banff, Canada, to connect with nature, explore creative expression, and experience literature beyond the classroom.

I’d only come because Ms Violet said attendance counted toward our final project. Otherwise, I’d have been at home, warm, sane, and far away from this mess.

I shouldn’t have come on this stupid trip. Now, I was tucked in a snowstorm nobody knew when it ...