CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE † WINTERWE SPEND THE winter months at Eclipse Keep. Its location up in the mountains provides an array of snow-related activities to choose from: yeti riding,
wolf sledding, ice skating, no-hands snowball fights, and lots more. Phoenix and Yana are particularly obsessed with curling. Snowboarding is more my thing. There’s nothing like the rush of
barreling down half-pikes made of packed snow. The freedom I feel—it’s as close to flying as anyone can get without having to use the powers that be.
After a day of skiing, everyone gathers by the roaring fire pit sipping spiced hot chocolate and telling ghost stories. We have a bet going. The person who spooks all of us wins
an entire month free of chores—i.e. we would be the ones slaving away, doubling our workload. This,
