Twenty-Two
“Are you mad?” Ashleigh’s voice tore through my stunned silence as she came by. She crawled through the snow, anger carved into her features. “Have you absolutely lost your mind?”
“It’s so simple,” Aspen muttered. “I’ll use the Winter Stone so she can guide me and I’ll take up my place next to her.”
“Over my dead body,” Ash growled. Her aggression scared me, but I didn’t really know what to say to her. I understood her reluctance, I felt it too. I just didn’t want this to explode into a big fight.
I placed a hand on Ashleigh’s arm, hoping that my touch would soothe some of the distress. I gave her a smile to reassure that I was still on her side, I just didn’t want this to escalate. Especially not with his knife lying right next to him. That was just asking for disasters.
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