Talia’s eyes opened to utter darkness. She breathed out softly only to see her breath stream out from her lips. Had she let the fire go out? She remembered clearly stocking it before going to bed, she even used the thick red pine tree like Amber had told her so that it would burn longer. She reached a hand out from under her blankets to grasp at the air, she wasn’t good at judging temperature. Giants were exceptional at body temperature control so unless it was cold enough to crack rock or hot enough to melt it she would rarely ever notice. “What is this?” She whispered to herself. Still her breath turned to mist and dissipated into the dark. That was a surefire sign that it was cold. She would have to start the fire before Amber took ill, she had learned throughout the two y

