Chapter 19 Beneath the snow

Zara

We left just before dawn.

The northern air was colder than I remembered. It bit through my coat like glass, slicing under the collar and down my spine. Cora had offered me heavier gear, but I'd refused. I needed to feel the cold. Needed to stay sharp.

My team was small - only four of us.

Me. Damian. Orren. And a young scout named Riley, ba