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It wasn't long before we caught up with the other sleighs racing through the trees, the bells on all the harnesses ringing brightly through the cold air.
"I wish it were warmer," Kara grumbled from the back seat. She was slouched low under a thick fur blanket, only her blue eyes visible from under the fur brim of her hat.
"It'll warm up tomorrow," I said. "Although it's likely going to snow in the next few days."
"How do you know that? Magic?" she asked. Again her tone was so inflectionless I couldn't tell if she was teasing, or attacking, or just asking for information.
I opted to assume the latter. "I have an app on my phone," I said. "I checked the weather forecast before I left Villmark this morning. I assumed I wouldn't be able to get any bars out at the hunting lodge."
"You a
