At the end of the night, they lost six warriors. General Bjerkan prepared them to be sent home to their families with letters he'd written and signed. Alina stumbled out of the med tent and went straight for the showers... only to remember that the pipes were frozen and all she could do was heat water for a sponge bath. "Dangit! I just want to stand under hot water until my skin turns red!" she shouted in her head. She went into the kitchen, seeing that it was empty, she got a pot out, slammed it onto the stove top and started filling it with jugs of water. "I hate cold weather... I hate ice... I hate it..." she muttered under her breath. She impatiently tapped her foot as she waited for the water to heat up.
"Something have you riled up?"
Alina screamed and whirled around. "General! Wh
