Chapter Thirty Seven

**Thalia**

We slept in the next day, I finally woke when the strong afternoon sun beamed through the open window. I looked out and noticed that the first snow fall of the season had started and a soft breeze was blowing several flakes into our room. I stood up carefully, trying not to wake Rylan, and went to stand on our balcony. The flakes floated around me and I closed my eyes, inhaling the cold