As Eoghan went about his duties at the temple to Rhonna, his mind was occupied with a princess. The smell in the air told him a snowstorm was coming. He thought of the wood pile outside the cabin and how he could bring some inside for her. She might find the wind alarming and he could warn her there would be nothing to worry about.
He thought about her curled up in a ball in his bed hiding from the storm. Alone and far from home. Maybe she wouldn't mind him staying it out with her. Though that would make his parents worry.
He hurried to fill the perpetually burning lanterns with plenty of oil to last the night.
Frostfang was left to follow at his own pace as Eoghan rode his horse down from the temple to the cabin. He knocked loudly on the door and waited for Julianna to answer.
….
He pounded more loudly wondering if she could be sleeping.
"It's Eoghan." He announced in case she was afraid to show herself to another visitor.
….
"Julianna?"
He went inside and found the place empty and the fire burned down to glowing embers. He frowned as he poked around. There were signs she'd eaten breakfast. The bed two neatly made. He found the Horn of Sabella safely hidden and tucked away under the pillow.
He began to worry more in earnest as he handled the horn but there were no signs of a struggle inside the home. Frostfang's meow greeted him as he went back outside.
He folded his arms and stared at the front of the cabin and then began to examine the ground. He easily found his own tracks leading to and from the house. Frostfang's little pads in the snow around the entry. His own tracks crossed over an apparent smaller set leading away from the house.
"Come Frostfang." He clicked his tongue at the cat and pointed at the ground. They would track where she went.
He tracked Julianna's meandering path for a while in the woods before the storm began in earnest and ruined the trail. He was forced to dismount and leading his horse painstakingly as the trail continued to diminish from sight.
He pulled his cloak tightly around him and covered his mouth with a strip of cloth to protect his face from the biting wind. Frostfang was indispensable in the search. He meowed at Eoghan when he found a clump of fur caught in the leafless bramble patch that would bloom into a bush in the spring. Eoghan ound a strip of fabric on a low hanging tree branch resembling the material of the cloak he’d given Julianna.
The search was becoming impossible with the low visibility. The cold was settling into even Eoghan who was an experienced hunter. It was dangerous to be out in these conditions. The cold could creep up and sap your strength in an instant. Eoghan stopped, closed his eyes, and wrestled with his will to keep going knowing that he was placing himself, his horse, and Frostfang in danger. Images of her came to him. Visions of her becoming disoriented and lost in the snow. Shivering and alone. Where would she turn?
His eyes popped open. Shelter. Shelter. She would take shelter.
He turned suddenly and trudged on for a few more minutes to the treehole. He’d hiked these woods all his life and not too far there was an old giant sequoia with a hole in its base. He’d ducked inside once as a boy to wait out a rainstorm.
Frostfang beat him to the treehole and his fervent meows told Eoghan their quarry was inside. He approached the entrance and then ducked down to peer into the dark. “Julianna?”
He thought about her curled up in a ball in his bed hiding from the storm. Alone and far from home. Maybe she wouldn't mind him staying it out with her. Though that would make his parents worry.
He hurried to fill the perpetually burning lanterns with plenty of oil to last the night.
Frostfang was left to follow at his own pace as Eoghan rode his horse down from the temple to the cabin. He knocked loudly on the door and waited for Julianna to answer.
….
He pounded more loudly wondering if she could be sleeping.
"It's Eoghan." He announced in case she was afraid to show herself to another visitor.
….
"Julianna?"
He went inside and found the place empty and the fire burned down to glowing embers. He frowned as he poked around. There were signs she'd eaten breakfast. The bed two neatly made. He found the Horn of Sabella safely hidden and tucked away under the pillow.
He began to worry more in earnest as he handled the horn but there were no signs of a struggle inside the home. Frostfang's meow greeted him as he went back outside.
He folded his arms and stared at the front of the cabin and then began to examine the ground. He easily found his own tracks leading to and from the house. Frostfang's little pads in the snow around the entry. His own tracks crossed over an apparent smaller set leading away from the house.
"Come Frostfang." He clicked his tongue at the cat and pointed at the ground. They would track where she went.
He tracked Julianna's meandering path for a while in the woods before the storm began in earnest and ruined the trail. He was forced to dismount and leading his horse painstakingly as the trail continued to diminish from sight.
He pulled his cloak tightly around him and covered his mouth with a strip of cloth to protect his face from the biting wind. Frostfang was indispensable in the search. He meowed at Eoghan when he found a clump of fur caught in the leafless bramble patch that would bloom into a bush in the spring. Eoghan ound a strip of fabric on a low hanging tree branch resembling the material of the cloak he’d given Julianna.
The search was becoming impossible with the low visibility. The cold was settling into even Eoghan who was an experienced hunter. It was dangerous to be out in these conditions. The cold could creep up and sap your strength in an instant. Eoghan stopped, closed his eyes, and wrestled with his will to keep going knowing that he was placing himself, his horse, and Frostfang in danger. Images of her came to him. Visions of her becoming disoriented and lost in the snow. Shivering and alone. Where would she turn?
His eyes popped open. Shelter. Shelter. She would take shelter.
He turned suddenly and trudged on for a few more minutes to the treehole. He’d hiked these woods all his life and not too far there was an old giant sequoia with a hole in its base. He’d ducked inside once as a boy to wait out a rainstorm.
Frostfang beat him to the treehole and his fervent meows told Eoghan their quarry was inside. He approached the entrance and then ducked down to peer into the dark. “Julianna?”
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