Overhead, the moon faded away. Through the canopy of trees, the pale face disappeared into the clouds as the dawning sun began to turn the sky a pale pink hue. Below, a carpet of pure white snow crunched beneath steady feet as Alios silently followed her back to the manor. The wind picked up minutely, but even that was enough to set Seraphina shivering violently, huddling further into her cloak and cursing her forgetfulness. As it turned out, the princess was learning many new things about herself. For example, although she had always believed that she was used to frigid temperatures as a result of growing up at such a high altitude in the clouds, she had completely failed to take into account the way gusts of wintry wind could pierce through clothing and chill one to the bone.
In reality
