Further: (Down The Path Book 2) by Travis Mohrman

Author:Travis Mohrman
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: DeadPixel Publications
Published: 2013-04-02T21:00:00+00:00

16

Morning brought a stark surprise to Cooper as he left the bubble of warm air that had been trapped inside their tiny house. As he pushed the shrub and log door open, he found a landscape very different than the one he had come upon just the day before. The field along the river looked to be splashed with white.

At first, he thought it might be snow. He had learned about snow from one of Katherine’s books and was interested to see it. As he bent down to inspect the blades of grass he saw it appeared to be ice growing on top of the grass itself. It was all over the top of their boat and motor as well. Looking back at their shelter, he noticed it was absent on there, but instead a thin layer of dew had formed.

It struck him instantly. This was frozen dew. It didn’t freeze on the shelter because of heat escaping from it. Cooper rubbed some between his fingers but it melted instantly. Never in his life had he seen something frozen before. The elders spoke about it from their own youth, but his village had never frozen in his lifetime.

He grabbed at more and more of the powdery cold stuff until he had enough that it didn’t melt right away. He touched it to his tongue to see if it tasted differently, but was disappointed. It just tasted cold.

Handro emerged from the structure and stared at his own breath as it if were running away from his mouth. “Wow, this is amazing! I had no idea it had grown this cold overnight. I think I will bring dogs on every journey from now on, they kept me plenty warm,” Handro said with a half-smile. “We should get going in case it gets any colder.”

Cooper agreed and they began pulling their packs out of the boat to make it easier to push into the water. As they moved around the sides of the boat, they noticed the river looked different as well.

Cooper walked up the edge and tapped the water with his hands. Instead of a cold splash, it made a ‘tick-tick’ sound. A few more resolute taps resulted in a ‘crack’ and the cold water quickly found its way to the redhead’s fingers.

Reaching out, he picked up one of the broken pieces of ice. It was very thin and completely transparent. He and Handro both stared at it for a minute before Cooper put a corner in his mouth and snapped off a mighty bite.

Laughing as he crunched down on the ice, he looked over to Handro. “Hey, I’m chewing on water!” he said as a little line of drool slipped out of the corner of his mouth. Handro laughed along with him until Coopers expression slowly changed. He stopped laughing and stared off into nothing for a second. Then he dropped the ice and placed both hands on his head.

He began hopping around and howling. Handro was confused but reached out to steady him, worried he would tumble into the frozen river.

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