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The breath of the four friends hung in the icy air, swirling in pale clouds as they stood motionless, their bodies taut with fear. The cold bit into their exposed skin, but none of them dared move to adjust their scarves or hoods. The wind howled through the dense forest, rattling the bare branches, carrying with it a stale, musty scent that turned their stomachs. They weren’t alone.   The cursed bucks loome...

The cracking and groaning of the ice beneath the ship was the loudest sound for miles, a haunting melody carried by the frigid winds. Whitt clutched her cloak tighter around her shoulders, the biting cold seeping into her very bones. She was beginning to think she might go mad from the ceaseless creaks and groans that had followed them since entering the northern seas. Kiyo and Ayden were still near the bow staring out at the rocky island in the distance. It loo...

The sound of their boots crunching the frozen snow was the only sound as the group moved along the winding path to the spirit tree. An oppressive silence hung in the air, pressing down like a physical weight. Mina glanced around nervously, her breath curling in the icy air. Where was everyone? At this time of year, pilgrims usually filled these paths, their laughter and songs harmonizing with the occasional prayer to the spirits. But now, not a single soul stirr...

Mina rubbed her hands together, her breath coming in quick, visible puffs as she tried to force some semblance of warmth back into her frozen fingers. The blizzard had ambushed them, turning their path into a merciless gauntlet of icy winds and suffocating snow. Each step through the thickening drifts was an act of defiance against the storm. The world around them had been reduced to a blur of white, the horizon erased by the snow's unrelenting barrage....