Chapter 104
Katelina and Jorick passed close to another small town. Jorick contemplated the building at an abandoned car lot, but most of the roof was missing, so they passed it up and hoped to find something better before dawn. Katelina was ready to cheer when they topped a steep hill to see a broad glow in the distance, but Jorick told her there was no way they'd make it before sun up.
He was right. Half an hour later the sky started to turn a pale gray to the east. Luckily, they spotted a barn from the road and cut across a lumpy, snow covered field to get to it.
"This is trespassing," Katelina pointed out, ankle deep in snow. "It's illegal."
"A lot of things are illegal," Jorick commented casually. "Though, if we could hurry? I don't mean to be overly anxious, but there really isn't much time. I kept putting this off, hoping we'd get to the town, after all."
"And we would have if I wasn't so slow, is that it?"