Chapter 25

She preferred the loose snow. It was soft and fluffy, falling though her fingers when she picked it up. Though, as much as she like it, she had to walked on the harder pact snow, otherwise, she'd sink need deep into the frozen earth. She didn't mind the cold at first but when it started to seep into her layers the deeper they went, she couldn't tell if she enjoyed it anymore. For the first few days, she stumbled around clumsy at the inclines terrain, obstacles hidden under thick patches of snow. Often, she mistook soft snow for packed and her foot sank down to her knee, sometimes even her hip. Arias helped to free her each time, each time making her more annoyed. At first, it was quite amusing but after a few more falls, it made her frustrated that she could not tell the difference between the two. Each time she mistook one for the other, her dislike for the snow overrides her like for it. Though, over the days following her several incidents, something from within her changed, as if s