CHAPTER 29
Necessity forced Penrys awake in the morning, and she bundled up and braved the windblown snow in the dim daylight to deal with it.
Ilzay and Jirkat were up before her, she saw, fussing with the fire pit they’d dug the night before into the ground softened by their cooking fire. Off to the side there were lively flames, freshened by the wind gusts, and strong enough to beat off the falling snow for now. As she watched, they maneuvered cobbles out of the fire with sticks and rolled them into the open pit. When they landed, they sent up a shower of sparks that fought against the snow flurries, and Penrys realized there must be a roaring fire in the pit, too.
She waved at them as she ducked back inside. Najud stood near the entry, rough-dressing for the same purpose.
“Looks lik
