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20: The lost ones
Hawk heard nothing the others shouted after him, if they shouted. He could only just make out Ren’i’s flaming hair through the snowstorm and made towards it, heart hammering in his chest.
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19: Tracks in the storm
Ren’i had thought himself too shaken to doze off again, but he was asleep within minutes from laying down. Hawk kept watch at the tent’s mouth. He’d taken one glance at the dark circles beneath Ren’i’s eyes and stated that he’d better go and catch some more sleep.
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18: Ashes and brimstone
The next day dawned cloudy but still, and they cleaned up any signs of their camp with care before setting off. ”We’d best get going,” Ren’i said. ”We’ve wasted too many days already huddling in the cave.”




