Katelina was soon ready and she followed Jorick out the door and into the night. The velvet sky spread above them and snowflakes drifted down like bits of discarded feathers. Her breath puffed in front of her face in white clouds, and she hunkered down inside the too large coat to hide from the biting cold.
They walked in silence. Jorick led her through the snowy yard, and the stand of icy trees, to the grassland beyond. Despite the clouds, they could see the moon hanging low and full in the sky, its edges bleeding silver against the black.
They stopped just before they reached the beach, at the spot Katelina still thought of as the edge of the world. Snow covered the sand in heavy drifts that disappeared where the ocean lapped at it. It was odd, but she'd never thought about snow on th
