When Winter Starts Official

He stared at her. “What do you mean, waking up ?”

Elara poured herself a second cup of tea and watched the sunrise paint the snow in shades of rose and gold. Winter had arrived, yes. But it had not conquered. It had only come home. when winter starts

Outside, the humming grew louder. The snow began to fall upward for a moment, swirling in a perfect spiral, then dropped again. A fox ran past the window, silent and terrified, its breath freezing mid-air and shattering like glass behind it. He stared at her