Chapter 8After my descent, I was desperate for warmth.
And Jasper.
Once he parted from me, his mother had taken over as the leader of our group more officially, and she insisted that we put the funeral on hold “so that another man does not die.” Garrison had to acquiesce. We all ate a large meal, as if we understood we would no longer have to carry our provisions any further, and we warmed ourselves under the same blanket. I stopped shivering after about an hour. I started to talk after another hour, and after some coffee and a fire, I told them what I had truly found beneath the snow.
Marla nodded while Jasper remained silent. I wanted to hold his hand, but I was not bold enough to try. “There were so many of them. Not just your father and husband. The entire party is underneath.”
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