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The sound of rustling pages faded, replaced by a sudden, violent rushing sound in my ears.
White. Everywhere was blinding, freezing white.
I wasn't sitting in a warm classroom. I was breathing in air so cold it burned my lungs . The smell of pine and wet earth overwhelmed my nostrils. I was moving, heavy and exhausted, my boots sinking deep into packed snow.
There was a weight on my back. A heavy, solid weight.
“Put me down, Foster,” a voice hissed in my ear. It was Ward’s voice, but it wasn't the calm, detached tone he used during lectures. It was raw. “I can walk. Put me the hell down.”
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