Thick clouds had settled over the mountain enough that the highest peak wasn't visible where the knights and apprentices had made it in the valley. The further they traveled, the more they knew that the sun wouldn't be there for much longer.
As Irene slowed Sammy before they could cross the small wooden bridge that went over the thinnest point in the river, she approached Felix who had taken his place at the front.
"You think it will be all right to travel like this?" she asked. "Seems we had only a day without freezing before the threat of rain appeared on the horizon."
"If all else fails, the village has assured us we have a place to stay with the reeve since there are only four of us going," Felix answered.
