Ember Frost’s POV

We didn’t waste any time and started preparing to head out for Henry.

Orion was still organizing people—handing out supplies, checking what we had, making sure nothing was missed.

Waiting wasn’t an option. Standing still only made things worse. We gathered more people than usual and set out together. If something was waiting for us out there, we weren’t going in unprepared.

Orion stayed back to coordinate things from here. Elder Harriet and Elder Marcus stayed ...