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Torben stood motionless, watching the majesty of the Cantis glacier. A massif of rock and ice, twelve billion years in the making. His eyes flitted to where it met the crystal-like lake underneath it, slithers of blue ice calving into the deep waters. “Now that is something,” he said, wrapping an arm around Kyra’s waist.
“It sure is,” she said, snuggling into the man next to her, trying to ward off the cold wind that blew from the jagged peaks above them.
“How far to your parents’ home?”
“It’s only a short ride,” she said, tilting her head to her right. Next to the lake, a small town lay nestled into the side the mountain. “They live on the outskirts of Kiton. If you look over there, where the trees touch the waters, there are a few buildings. My parents live closest t
