Chapter Fifteen
“Time to rise,” Carson called out early the next morning.
Shadow poked her nose out of her bedding and quickly hid back under the covers. She shivered. It was barely light and flakes of snow had started to fall.
“You too.” Carson gave Shadow a nudge with his boot.
Shadow groaned and quickly hopped out of her blankets before she changed her mind. She shook her boots then pulled them on, tugged the cloak close and rolled up her bedding. That done she looked around for Carson, urgently needing to relieve herself.
He was talking to Perrun, but when he saw her coming towards him, he moved away from Perrun with a last word and glanced towards the trees. At a nod from Shadow, he headed for them, Shadow close behind. Once she’d finished and began to head back to the camp, Cars
