The memories of my men spoke to me. I saw the countless nights they had sat and watched the beautiful vista. By morning I understood the way they tracked time and what subtle changes in the moons would mean.

Evan woke me with his enthusiasm. As the ringed moon disappeared and the sun rose he was filled with the usual boundless energy.

“A swim this morning?” he asked stripping.

My breath misted in front of me and I looked warily at him. The water would be freezing and the air wasn’t much better. I’d be an ice cube.

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The collective mind had me, though. We loved a morning swim. It was refreshing.

Before I realized it I was on my feet and stripping out of my warm cover. My men raced to get out of their clothes.

bit my nipples and the rocky ground dug into the soles of my feet. I was too happy to notice, though. This was a treat to get to do this. My family hadn’t been

so cold I screamed when I came up for air. I grabbed at the edge and

was behind me

turning away from me. “I want to show

anyone else. I concentrated on how they felt and ignored my own sensations. It

through the reeds at the bottom.

the cold. They could

at me and pressed against my back. Quite suddenly he grabbed me and sprang from the water. I watched

hurry?” slurred out

to be in a big rush as Evan pulled the water out of my hair with one of those magical cloths and Kein briskly rubbed my body. Bane lay me down on a pallet and then pulled my back tight

“you can’t just ignore what you are feeling. That isn’t how this is supposed to work. It is a shared consciousness, but each individual is still responsible

up at him and realized

like t-t-this?” I asked them Looking around. “You are cold, Ciara, much too cold,” Evan chided taking my shivering hand in his

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