Night Queen by Mark Albany

Author:Mark Albany [Albany, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Fantasy
Published: 2019-11-12T16:00:00+00:00

13

I wasn’t sure how I knew it was morning. In fact, I couldn’t even be sure that it was morning, proper, as the darkness remained as constant as it had all night. The gentle sounds of the storm were no longer audible, however, and as I opened my eyes, there was little that could be seen further than a couple of feet away from the dying embers of the fire that we’d build however long ago it had been.

Sure, the snow piling up over the cavern’s entrance had mostly isolated us from the storm outside, but we’d still been able to hear it, but now, everything was dead silent.

It was still icy inside the cave if I moved away from the fire, and so it was with a great deal of quiet and consideration that I pulled myself away from Faye, who was still sleeping with her head on my chest, and moved away while trying not to wake any of the others.

I pulled one of our last logs and placed it over the fire, or what was left of it anyways, letting the flames start to pick from the embers that were still producing some heat before moving away from the flames. I still kept the blanket wrapped around my shoulders as I moved towards the entrance of the cave. With the light of the fire, I could see that the snow had been packed in at the entrance, with a gentle rolling hill pouring inside. If we were ever going to find a way to break free, it was going to be through a literal wall of snow.

It wasn’t impossible, of course, but it would definitely slow our start on the day. It wasn’t like we had anything else to do or anywhere else to go.

As I came back to the fire, I could see that the other four were already starting to wake, and from the looks of it, they had appeared to have a good night’s sleep. While not fully rested, it was certainly better than how we had all felt the day before, and that was something to look forward to.

Especially with how our day was going to start out in mind.

Some time was spent in plundering our limited food reserves in silence, taking a moment to rest and repair before we started fully engaging with the troubles of the day.

Eventually, though, we did need to turn our attention towards what we were going to do, and Norel appeared to be the first that was going to be tackling the issue ahead of all of us.

“I take it that the cave entrance has been sealed in by the snow?” she asked, looking around and trying to catch a peek of the entrance in question.

I nodded. “Padded up. Looks like it snowed all night to cover the entrance up, and didn’t let up until... well, I would say this morning, but I’m not really sure what time it is outside.”

“We probably can’t even tell if the storm has stopped outside,” Braire pointed out.

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