The Luna He Gave Away
He stopped mid-stride on the trail and looked northwest, and the expression on his face was specific enough that I stopped without being told to.
"How far is the nearest shelter?" I asked.
"Twenty minutes," he said. "If we move now."
We moved.
The hunter's shelter was a permanent stone base with a solid roof, stocked for exactly this kind of emergency. Wood by the door, dry provisions on the upper shelf, two rooms divided by a heavy curtain. The outer room was larger, the inner one smaller, with a fire pit that still had ash in it from the last use.
The storm hit fully about fifteen minutes after we got inside.