[Nightfall]

Nikolai POV

The journey to the cottage was tedious. We made it to the cottage at nightfall with her sleeping form resting in my arms till we arrived. I pushed the door, and brought her in by depositing her on the wooden chair that’s closer to the fireplace. I lit the fire, the embers springing to life while I went to the basket I hid neatly folded clothes, and a blanket which I placed over her sleeping form. Potatoes, dried mutton in my bag and lots of other supplies in the brick kitchen I settled on to cook.

I didn’t cook at the Pack house because that was considered...