Meriwa gazed out the cabin’s front window, watching as the full moon climbed high into the black night sky. A month, she thought. That’s how long had passed. A month since she’d come ashore. A month since her pelt had been stolen and her life was turned upside down.
How could it be so short a time and yet feel so long?
Meriwa felt like she’d aged a lifetime since then.
It was strange.
Sighing, she propped her chin on her hand. The glass was cool where it touched her forehead and it fogged whenever she breathed. Condensation came and went like the tide.
Callik was out again. As he always was at this time of night. It seemed to be since the ‘kiss’ that he was always out. Always somewhere else to be. Not that Meriwa could blame him. Things between them…well, they were strange. Tense a
