However, that one instance of snow collapsing in the distance and causing the ground to shake wasn't the only time it happened.
As Irene went through the village in hopes of finding a building she could open and stay inside, she felt on high alert because the ground shaking noise happened two more times. Each time she would run between the lumps of snow or slightly visible buildings, she would see the evidence of snow settling as flakes slowly settled on the ground after whatever was so heavy fell first.
Her heart felt flighty, as if it would jump out of her chest at any moment.
What she realized was that the trip to the north had been peaceful, all things considered. Of course, now that she was at the highest north point she would reach, things were starting to happen that were full of the unexpected.
She had to remember how to be a knight considering drawing her sword hadn't been required thus far.
