Claimed by the Seven Alphas
He stopped at the top of the stairs, pulled out the notebook, flipped to the last page, glanced at it, closed it, replaced it, and went downstairs.
Outside the window, the Snowfeather spread its wings and flew north. It came back every spring, flew away every spring.
But this year was different. This year, there was an extra person on the windowsill. Silvery-white hair, pale gold palm, a one-millimeter curve to his lips.
The bird didn't know this person. But it recognized the light in his palm. That light was the exact same color as the ice crystals refracting sunlight over the Northern Ice Plains. It had seen it on the ice every spring, always thinking it was the sunrise.
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