Chapter 7
It was early morning, and Korrin stood on the edge of the camp. The weather was growing frigid now, and he hadn’t seen nor heard from Kris in nearly ten days. His scouts had been unable to find any sign of her, and now that the weather was growing worse, they couldn’t get out and search any longer.
He had made a mistake, and he hoped that it wouldn’t haunt him for the rest of his days. He hoped that Kris was okay, and he hoped that she would be back before his son was born.
He wanted her to be safe above all, and if that meant missing the birth of his son, then that was something he would have to live with—something he would have to bear until the end of his days.
He walked the perimeter of the camp, as he did every early morning, hoping to see some sign of Kris. He looked do
