Chapter 30: Another Day

Alexa couldn't help but feel disappointed when she once again woke up to the silver snow-covered trees. The few bare trees had their branches reaching up like boney fingers for a sliver of sunlight. Begging for the warmth she too wished she could reach.

An urge that she could match herself as she felt her frostbitten fingers begin to burn when she reached out toward the fire. A fire that was miraculously still burning even after a full night's worth of snow. The days had all blended together and she had lost count of them.

The redheaded twin couldn't understand how she survived so long in this icy weather. She was sure that one night she would close her eyes and never open them again for having frozen in her sleep.

It had been so long since she had seen another living soul and her heart ached with loneliness. Of course, she didn't know what to do about her nightly visitor, the one that possessed the most mesmerizing of eyes.