For the rest of the day, I hid in my room. I skipped lunch and dinner. My appetite was the least of my worries. I think my days were numbered after blowing up at Mustafa. At any minute, I expected the regulators to charge through the door.
I sat in the window staring out at the relentless white. How did people stand this forsaken land? Never a glimmer of sunshine or warmth to caress your face. Only an eternal wall of ice, promising a cruel death.
It was pure luck that I made it back to the compound. White-blinded, I pushed through the biting blizzard. Thankfully, I didn’t go off the path.
It had been hours since I left Mustafa standing in the lab, gaping at me. The shock of those freaky creatures was too much for me to bear. What Mustafa and The Order were doing was beyond the pale. Dia
