**ADDIE'S POV**
Winter hit in full force after the festival. I knew that it would, so that wasn't much of a surprise for me. What did surprise me though, was how much snow there was this winter. The village that I grew up in usually didn't get that much snow, but the city was blanketed over the first week of the new year.
I didn't know if this snow was because of something that happened this year or if it was always like this, since it was pretty much the first time that I was able to see the city during the winter.
I had been locked away during the last winter, and could only see it through the windows. And I will admit that I didn't look outside all that much during that time. I think it had more to do with the fact that I knew that I wasn't going to be able to leave the house than anything at all, but I just didn't have the desire to stare out the windows at that time.