Chapter 335
Seeing the two bickering again, Joana walked over and whispered, “Astrid, can I sleep with you in your tent tonight? I’m scared to sleep alone.”
“Scared? How interesting you ask me this favor. Weren’t you sleeping alone last night? Why weren’t you scared then?” Astrid gave Joana a sarcastic look and bowed her head and continued to drink soup..
Joana seemed a bit deflated by the rejection, “Yesterday we didn’t walk far and we could still see the lights of the town, but now we’re deep in the mountains.”
“We’re the only two girls here, why don’t we share the tent? This will keep both of us warmer..”
Astrid ‘I’m not planning on sleeping in the tent tonight, I’m going to stay by the fire.”
“There’s a snowstorm coming late tonight. For safety’s sake, nobody should be in the tents. If you’re tired, just rest a bit by the fire.”
“You think you can just predict a snowstorm? Say there’s a snowstorm and there’ll be a snowstorm?” Joana pouted and returned to sit by the fire, sulking.
Astrid didn’t want to argue with Joana. She took a stick and poked the fire, adding more wood.
Past midnight, the snow had completely stopped. Parrish stood up and said, “Alright, the snow’s stopped. We can pitch the tents now.”
“Tonight the temperature will drop to minus twenty. Don’t stray too far from the fire.” Naylor said. Joana and the others ignored him, yawning and heading off to pitch the
tents.
Astrid shook her head speechless. She had checked the weather forecast for the week before they came. Tonight was the coldest night of the period. They brought sleeping bags and tents, but the sleeping bags weren’t very thick.
She was cold even in the special thermal clothes Elio had given her, let alone the others.
Their campfire was in a shallow cave, which provided shelter from the rain and there wasn’t much wind in the dead of night, so with the fire, it wouldn’t be too cold.
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