Nine
The night welcomed me as I slipped through the trees and away from the tent. I left Ashleigh’s warm embrace to finish what I started. To steal the Winter Stone back.
I loved my friends, but they were making it far too complicated. We didn’t need a complicated plan or a massive attack on the camp. It wouldn’t work because it was too overthought.
We just needed something simple. One person sneaking in the middle of the night. Me.
This was what I came here for, my one and only quest. I would damn well do it.
The snow shrieked under my feet, a slippery slope towards my destiny. The moon was at its brightest, but it still didn’t cast much light over the valley. Careful, I shuffled further down towards the camp. My feet found a particularly icy patch and I lost my balance. I couldn’t h
