Chapter 112 ✩₊˚.⋆☾⋆⁺₊✧

By morning, the gate had frozen shut.

I pulled the latch clear and leaned my weight against the timber. The hinges creaked, but the lower edge stayed fixed to a ridge of ice. Outside, the path lay beneath snow deep enough to hide the wheel ruts.

Perrin arrived from the sheds carrying a shovel. “Do...