Chapter 21

Settling against the frozen back of Snow Bringer who had lain in front of the entrance of his tent, Cedric pulled a parcel of letters and drawings from his bundles. He had found them in a small wooden chest under the tall bed at the Winter Guardian's home, and his curiosity wouldn't let him just leave them alone. He hadn't had the time to go through them, but as he unpacked his sleep sack, he remembered he had wrapped them in his clothes.

He carefully pulled the wide, frosty ribbon and the frozen bow fell open freely, like it was meant only for his hands. The first was a letter by itself, handwritten with dark ink on paper made of pressed yellow petals.

To Frost Slayer,