*Erik*
It is too cold to be out here. I should have shifted to walk to Harald’s, but then I would not have clothes, and Catherine would be uncomfortable. I walk a little quicker, hoping to get out of the cold quickly.
Harald lets me in, and I begin to peel the top layers off me. “You need to come to the long house.”
“No,” he tells me gruffly, crossing his arms across his chest.
“No one will think you are weak,” I try to convince him. “Many saw me shift before. They know how hard it was for me.”
He shakes his head. “I am staying here with Catherine. We wish to remain alone through the snowstorm.”
“And what if it is so bad that you cannot get back inside the house? Catherine will be here alone, and you will be frozen to death.”
He rolls his eyes at me. “If the snow grows to
