And if I added the poor quality of sleep my son was getting, he would soon fall ill.
It rained—a hard, icy drizzle mixed with a bit of hail—and we had to shelter beside some rocks, in the most uncomfortable lodging I had ever experienced. The downpour made everything colder and more miserable, and it put Sasha in a terrible mood.
Everything pointed to us remaining in that desolate wilderness for a while longer, which was completely unacceptable given our condition.
I hadn’t managed to find a single abandoned cabin or hunter’s lodge along the way. Or maybe I just wasn’t looking well enough. I needed to find shelter so we could stop and rest a little as soon as possible, and nothing came to mind.
But salvation arrived at the darkest moment, as it often does.
I heard the deep roar of a d
