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we headed for the lodge. He had an old-fashioned compass since the satellite GPS wasn’t catching a signal. We seemed to be pointed in the right direction, so I wasn’t worried.
    The day moved quickly but felt like something you’d see on the movie screen. We crossed the layers of snow. The temperature dropped, sucking the last bits of moisture out of the air. We picked our way carefully along the top of the snow, surrounded by what looked like Christmas trees. I was sure they were probably just the tops of old pines.
    I recited my picks for this year’s fantasy football league in my head a couple hundred times, trying not to concentrate too hard on watching Jamie move. He trudged through the snow like some sort of survivalist pro. Seemed to know when the snow was too soft, or even if the path would become too difficult to navigate. Before my stomach rumbled with hunger, he handed me jerky and a handful of trail mix.
    When the lodge finally came into view, my legs had been aching for awhile. The feeling of the cold air made my face numb, and I was sure I had windburn. The massive wall of windows was a dream come true. Though the snow had blown up against it and we probably could have walked right up to the second floor, we made our way around to the entrance, finding it surprisingly clear. I’d never been so grateful for heat than I was the instant we stepped inside and were hit with a blast of the fire’s warmth.
“Jamie! Kelly!” Seiran ran through the lobby toward us.
    Jamie was already stripping off his snowshoes and gear. Sei threw himself at him, giving him a fierce hug. Jamie held on a little longer than most would have, but I couldn’t recall ever seeing them hug before, so maybe it was their first.
    Sei let go and turned to me, giving me a hug too. “You’re okay? The hotel owners have been trying to reach someone to help all day. The radios are blocked, and the phones aren’t getting a signal. We were going to send search teams out looking for you.”
    “We’re fine, Sei,” Jamie said. “Nothing some food and a warm fire won’t fix.” He glanced behind his little brother at a duo who seemed to follow closely behind Sei and had a hard time keeping the frown off his face. “Who are your friends?”
    They looked a little alike, one male and one female. Both had rich brown hair and dark blue eyes. The woman was delicate and prim, like she was used to having people do things for her, and the guy was tall, wiry, with tattoos visible at his neck and wrist. He had a rough and ready stance that seemed to ask for trouble. He reminded me of someone I once knew, but I couldn’t place the face. Neither seemed the type of people that Sei took up with.
    “Cat and Connie. They were renting cabins too but came back for dinner last night. When the storm hit, we all decided to stay here,” Seiran said. The shake already appeared in his hands.
    “Catherine,” the woman said.
“Constantine,” the guy told us. And the name brought it all back. Ninth grade boyfriend. Gangly Con had grown up into a troublemaking player. He wasn’t the muscular model like Jamie, or an exotic beauty like Sei, but his spiked hair and colorful ink gave a wildness to him that just didn’t mesh with the guy I used to know.
“I’m Kelly, and this is Jamie.” I shook Con’s hand like I didn’t know him. We had not ended on good terms. Was the girl his pretend girlfriend? If so, he hadn’t changed much.
Jamie had already dismissed them. His concern was all for Seiran. He dug out a thermos and handed it to his little brother. “We should get lunch. You need to eat. Have you taken your pill?”
Sei clutched Jamie’s sleeve. “We can go now.” He seemed more skittish than usual, but being alone at the lodge, since Gabe couldn’t travel around freely, would do that to him. After a couple of weeks living with him I could read him pretty well. His body language and facial expressions were the most honest of anyone I knew.
“We have