She was thirsty and her water was low, so she decided to abandon her sled and tepee for the time being. It was dead weight, and she needed to move faster if she was going to get far enough north before she ran completely out of her remaining water. She might be able to cover thirty miles for a few days if she traveled light and pushed herself through most of the cooler night.
With her spear in one hand and gourd of water in the other, she started to lope forward.
Surrender was never an option.
Matt looked out at the falling snow with gaunt eyes.
He was nearly out of food, only had two pots of water left, and had no fuel to run his oven to even melt the snow that hadn’t stopped falling the last few days.
He had thought he would be able to survive until the fourth year, but the summer h
