Annie had spent her daylight hours tending to a few people who had minor injuries.
“So, how did your group fare during the winter?” Murdock asked aloud to no one in particular. He had noticed the sod huts built against the ridge wall.
“We did okay,” Markus Lantz answered. Murdock had been informed that he was the temporary leader while they waited for Jeffery Carter. “We had planned for the cold and snow and had a lot of the wild grain stored.”
“You’re coming up on a year being here,” Murdock informed all in the range of his voice. “I bring it up because you lasted a year and the higher chances of death through misfortune come in the first year. As long as you all keep your eyes open and your wits about you, it’s unlikely that many of you will die by accident.”
“We’d figured that out a
