His Frozen Fingertips by Charlotte Bowyer

Author:Charlotte Bowyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781633933453
Publisher: Koehler Books
Published: 2015-01-16T16:00:00+00:00

Birds were singing as he opened his eyes. Asa sat up. His tunic was freezing cold and sticky? He touched it. The water with which Avery had cleaned him yesterday had frozen solid into the material he was wearing. He truly had the best of luck. Asa grimaced as he remembered what had passed yesterday. The taste of vomit rushed into his mouth, and he leapt from his stone seat to rinse his mouth out with ice water. He spat it out into the snow before him, flushing it from his lips so violently that a froth of pink blood joined the snow with his saliva. He crushed it with a boot, revolted.

Avery was asleep, breath misting in the cold. He didn’t wake as Asa crept towards him, announcing with a foghorn voice, “Avery! The mines are awaiting!”

The teenager leapt out of his skin, standing up in one swift movement and searching over the ground for his uniform. He looked quizzically at the snow, saw Asa, and then the penny dropped. He raised a well-trained eyebrow.

“You are the worst friend ever to exist.”

“Noted.” Asa smiled.

“Feeling better?” Avery’s face changed to one of genuine interest and sympathy. Asa did not like the combination one bit.

“Fine,” he replied, loathing the pitying look. “I feel heaps better.”

“That’s good.” Avery did not look convinced. “Breakfast?”

Asa’s stomach lurched. “I don’t think that that would be a good idea, thanks.”

“Suit yourself.” Avery was already crunching away on a root or two. “They’re in my satchel if you want one.”

“I’ll bear that in mind.”

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