"Stay behind me," Thomas ordered, hauling me behind him up the steps to Margin's church.

"Like hell I will." I raised my voice loudly over the crushing wind and snow so he'd be sure to hear me.

It had seemed like hours to get back to Margin while escorted by wolves, and because the two of us had walked hand in hand the entire way here and not in our usual unique way, my weary bones could hardly keep me upright. The cold had seized my entire body, but the idea of a ...