CHAPTER 2As night fell over the snowbound land, East Ridge was an oasis of light with those inside bathed, warm and in Ian's case with his leg gash clean and covered with a plaster. The old house had six bedrooms, four of which had been added almost as an afterthought to form a northern wing. Renee and Tyler had considered making them into self-contained motel units but at the moment they were in their original 1960s style with each one having an outside door that opened to a veranda that Tyler used to store firewood under, while across the interior corridor was a bathroom, laundry and a couple of storerooms.
Aza and Sofia had chosen to share one bedroom while Ian selected a bedroom at the far end but at the moment they were all in the spacious lounge adjacent to the kitchen. Tyler had li
